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Title: Issue Brief No. 2: How Farmers and Ranchers Get Health Insurance and What They Spend for Health Care
(2007 Health Insurance Survey of Farm and Ranch Operators)
Copyright Date: Dec. 2007
Pages: 12
Authors:Carol Pryor, The Access Project; Jeffrey Prottas, Brandeis University; Bill Lottero and Mark Rukavina, The Access Project; Alana Knudson, Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota
Description: This issue brief examines factors that contribute to high overall costs for health care. We discuss the relationship between specific insurance characteristics, such as the amount of the premiums and deductibles and the market in which people obtained insurance, and the total amounts farm and ranch families expend to obtain insurance coverage and pay for medical care. We also look at the impact of age and health status on overall medical costs.
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.
Hard Copies: Available for $8.00. E-mail your request to info@accessproject.org.
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Issue Brief No. 2: How Farmers and Ranchers Get Health Insurance and What They Spend for Health Care
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Listen to the conference call
In conjunction with the release of the report, Iowa for Health Care, the Access Project and the Iowa Farmers Union traveled over 650 miles around the state to nine different cities to bring the specific health care cost and access concerns of Iowa family farmers to the attention of Iowa voters. You can watch the press conference by clicking on the video below:
Topics: Rural Health | Medical Debt