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Title: Health Care in the Heartland

Copyright Date: 2007

Pages: 11

Authors:Bill Lottero, Carol Pryor, and Mark Rukavina, The Access Project; Jeffrey Prottas, Brandeis University; Sidney D. Watson, Saint Louis University

Description: In 2007, The Access Project contracted with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to survey 257 Missouri farmers and ranchers to gather data about their health insurance and the buden that health care expenses are placing on farm and ranch families. At the request of the Missouri Rural Crisis Center, Missouri Jobs with Justice and Saint Louis University's Center for Health Law Studies, The Access Project analyzed the survey results.

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Topics: Rural Health | Medical Debt