Rural Health Issues: A cyber seminar for the National Conference of State Legislatures

4/17/2003


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Table of Contents

Rural Health Issues: A cyber seminar for the National Conference of State Legislatures

Agenda

Rural Health Adaptation Under pressure

Issue Overview

States Effects/Actions

Premium Increases, by Specialty

Premium Increases, Select States (All specialties)

More questions than answers on rural effects

Options for Policy

Medicaid (& State Budgets)

Cut back options

Rural implications: reduce eligibility

Rural implications: Reduce services

Rural implications: Reduce services

Rural implications: Provider payment cuts

Rural implications: Provider payment cuts

Rural implications: Other cuts

Rural implications: Reduce services

National Security

Bioterrorism, Disaster and Rural Health Systems

Author: Tom Ricketts

Email: hygia.park@ncsl.org

Home Page: /programs/health/health.htm

Other information:
Thomas C. Ricketts, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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