Hospital closures also mean longer ambulance rides for rural residents. Charlie Brunner, the fire chief in Jackson County in ...

The failure to expand Medicaid and the cuts to reimbursements and subsidies on the Affordable Care Act marketplace policies ...

HealthScreen program aims to bridge health care gaps in North Central Florida’s rural communities Florida Department of Health funds UF’s HealthScreen to enhance rural health care access.

Congress set aside $50 billion for rural hospitals and medical providers to allay fears over the billions more in historic ...

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Rural communities transform from medical research's forgotten citizens to active contributors to scientific advancement ...

The University of Florida has launched HealthScreen, a program that focuses on North Central Florida’s critical gap in health screening services. HealthScreen will provide free screenings to identify ...

UF is one of multiple organizations that was awarded inaugural funding through the Dr. and Mrs. Alfonse and Kathleen Cinotti Health Care Screening and Services Grant Program, which supports no-cost ...

Florida budget battle 2025: As DeSantis fumes at House, here's a spending gap breakdown Gray Rohrer, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida Thu, April 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM UTC ...

Between 2005 and 2023, nearly 150 rural U.S. hospitals either closed or stopped admitting patients. Of them, 81 shuttered completely. The Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform has found ...