The upcoming vote on health care reform is of historic proportions. The issue has vexed American leaders since Teddy Roosevelt called for universal health insurance in 1912, followed by Presidents Truman, Nixon, Clinton and now Obama. Even the...
On Nov. 3, farmer and Center for Rural Affairs board member Jim Knopik arrived in Washington, D.C. to tell Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) of his support for health care reform in person. Knopik joined over 100 other small business owners and self-employed...
Researchers from the Harvard Medical School have found that about 45,000 deaths of working age adults per year in the U.S. are associated with a lack of health insurance. For the study’s base year, the number of deaths associated with being uninsured...
Access is the opposite side of the health insurance coverage coverage coin. The importance of access cannot be ignored, particularly in rural communities. The greatest health insurance in the world is less valuable without access to medical services....
Federal legislation to boost renewable energy production and address global climate change is slowly making its way through Congress. This, as well as future legislation to address energy and climate issues, is profoundly important to farmers, ranchers...
