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March 15, 2024

Title: Health Care in Rural America. What’s the Solution?
Topic: Health Care

Discussed by Andrea Hitt
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)

Part 1 of 3

Andrea Hitt is a Communications Manager with the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Today, Andrea discusses the lack of good, quality health care available to those living in rural areas in Texas.

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Questions/Issues Discussed:

Does having an insurance card equate to available and timely health care? Andrea reveals that nearly half of the counties in Texas do not have a primary care physician and some have to drive 100 miles just to reach an emergency room!

Is expanding Medicaid and Obamacare sound policy? Andrea explains some of the major problems with Medicaid and Obamacare. “Adding more people to an already broken system is not the solution,” she says.

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Title: Part 2 of 3 - Health Care in Rural America. What’s the Solution?
Topic: Health Care

Discussed by Andrea Hitt
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Some states have expanded Medicaid coverage while others have not. Where does Texas fall?

Government policy has reduced the number of providers, doctors, hospitals, and clinics. However, the number of patients has increased exponentially. What has been the result? Andrea reveals the devastating consequences that are being experienced by Texans.

Is the lack of access to providers, doctors, hospitals, and clinics especially acute in rural America?

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Title: Part 3 of 3 - Health Care in Rural America. What’s the Solution?
Topic: Health Care

Discussed by Andrea Hitt
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)

Questions/Issues Discussed:

How can Texas improve the health care provided to those living in rural areas? Andrea discusses one great solution: physician licensing reform.

Why is the Texas Public Policy Foundation focused on health care reform?

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