A recent report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says rural Americans are gaining health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act at rates outpacing their urban counterparts. Heartland Health Monitor’s Bryan Thompson has more.
Bryan Thompson is a reporter for the KHI News Service and a contributor to Heartland Health Monitor, a reporting collaboration focused on health issues and their impact in Kansas and Missouri. The partners — KCUR Public Radio, KCPT Public Television, KHI News Service and Kansas Public Radio — strive to bring listeners and readers timely, accurate and comprehensive coverage of a topic that leaves no one untouched.