Shutting Down Rural Healthcare

Heidi and Joel Heitkamp welcome Michelle Rathman and Jeanne Lambrew to discuss their expert insights on the future of rural hospitals, premium tax credits, Medicaid, and nursing care, as well as how community leaders and healthcare workers are responding to looming changes.Heidi and Joel explore how rural Americans can advocate for better healthcare policies and learn about the essential connections between food security, workforce issues, and local economic development.Join us on The Hot Dish every other week, where we serve up hearty conversations that resonate with every corner of the country.The Hot Dish is brought to you by the One Country Project, making sure the voices of the rest of us are heard in Washington. To learn more, visit https://onecountryproject.org or find us at https://onecountryproject.substack.com/. (05:33) - Michelle Rathman and Jeanne Lambrew discuss how food security impacts rural communities during this healthcare scare (11:39) - Hosts Heidi and Joel Heitkamp discuss the rural challenges of immigration and aging in light of the government shutdown of rural healthcare (18:09) - Michelle Rathman talks about her deep skepticism of the Rural Health Fund (24:15) - Hosts and guests debate how much higher healthcare and coverage costs will impact rural families (34:32) - Heidi and Jeanne emphasize how important it will be to repair divisions between the parties through facts instead of disinformation (43:12) - Hosts discuss how the second No Kings protest defends Democracy at a very important time