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On Tuesday, the House passed legislation encouraging private capital investments in underserved areas.Small Business Investment Companies are privately owned fi

Minnesotans, with their long-valued sense of fairness and decency, would never suggest that Fortune 500 corporations should boost their already-healthy revenues at the expense of our fellow citizens who are economically hurting and who have serious health care needs. And, yet, there is a bill pending in the Legislature that would enable the prosperous to […] The post Drug discount program is exploiting poor patients while corporate giants profit appeared first on Minnesota Reformer.

In eastern Iowa, an organization is launching a mobile office that will be able to bring legal services to underserved areas of the state.

Leonard L. Edloe, the founding pastor of Hartfield’s New Hope Fellowship Church, delves into the history and the legacy of the rural Black church in his recently self-published book, “Restoring the Glory: Breathing New Life into the Rural Black Church.”

Lack of neighborhood supermarkets is part of the reason fresh food distribution has moved into schools and community centers.

Recently, the president of the American Medical Association, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, stated in a national address that the physician shortage long-feared is here and that "It's an urgent crisis…

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Through the Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program (IKE), the Broadband Acceleration Grant Program will provide $10 million in grant funds to underserved areas in Kansas. The program looks to expand internet access throughout the Sunflower State. The program will prioritize underserved areas, economically distressed communities and areas of need, according to a press […]

Several high schools across the region will be receiving state funding to help train teen drivers.

"Congress votes to avert government shutdown, but chooses not to halt 3.37% Medicare pay cut for 2024. American Medical Association expresses disappointment."

Originally published in Healthcare Michigan, Volume 41,  No. 1 - Recently, the president of the American Medical Association, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, stated in a national address that...