Congress set aside $50 billion for rural hospitals and medical providers to allay fears over the billions more in historic cuts to federal health care spending that President Donald Trump signed into ...

Florida Senate President Ben Albritton opened the 2025 legislative session with big plans for the state’s rural areas. “We’ve seen tremendous economic growth in urban areas of Florida,” he told ...

This essay is the first in a 4-part series I’m calling Rural Health Resilience—a look at the state of rural health in America ...

The University of Florida’s new HealthScreen program will use mobile health vehicles to send community health workers and nurses throughout North Central Florida to conduct critical health screenings ...

Rural areas don't have enough primary care physicians or specialists. Urban areas don't have enough reliable transportation to get people to doctors or enough nutritious food. And across Northeast ...

Healthcare experts prepare for the fallout of more than $1 trillion in Medicaid after the passage of President Donald Trump's ...

Florida also had the highest average bills for those visits, ranging from $1,900 to $2,600 depending on the age of the child, the report said. Medicaid covered 80.6% of them. For children ages 14 ...

Florida lawmakers propose "Live Healthy," a package of healthcare laws for the state's 2024 legislative session to expand the healthcare workforce, address emer Skip to main content BHR ...

10 big issues in 2025 Florida legislative session ... The plan would take steps to boost health care, education, transportation and economic development in rural areas but has not passed the House.

♦ RURAL FLORIDA: Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, has made a priority of what he calls the “Rural Renaissance” plan. The plan includes trying to bolster health care, education ...

The Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences received a $1.39 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration in 2017 to provide nursing students in the master’s ...

This legislation would increase costs to provide healthcare services to Floridians, especially in our rural and aging communities, expose Florida’s physicians and healthcare providers to ...