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Title: Issue Brief No. 1: Overview of Findings
(2007 Health Insurance Survey of Farm and Ranch Operators.)

Copyright Date: Sept. 2007

Pages: 8

Authors:Bill Lottero, Carol Pryor, and Mark Rukavina, The Access Project; Jeffrey Prottas, Brandeis University; Alana Knudson, Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota

Description: This issue brief provides key demographic and insurance findings from the survey. It discusses the age, ethnicity, and income of respondents, their health insurance status, the source of their insurance coverage, and whether healthcare expenses contribute to other financial problems, overall debt, and reduced access to healthcare.

For more information on the report, including a Photo Essay of Farm and Ranch Families telling their stories, please go to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation website at www.rwjf.org.

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Topics: Rural Health | Medical Debt