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Rural Health Fractured: How Rural Hospitals Serve as Safety Nets for Underserved Communities

Mar 5, 2026
51:06

Episode Description

Rural Health Today is excited to welcome to the show Ewa Panetta, director of community health impact and engagement at the Michigan Health & Hospital Association.

Today we’re talking about rural health safety nets and what it takes to provide access to healthcare in underserved communities. Ewa will share here perspective of how rural health has been fractured by a lack of resources and adequate reimbursement to hospitals. We’ll talk about what’s happening to our rural populations, the role hospitals have in their communities, and what it all has to do with rural health

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