Rural Healthcare
ACA Premiums Set to Soar in 2026 – What this means for Calaveras County
If you or someone you love gets health insurance through Covered California, you’ll want to pay close attention to what’s happening in Washington right now. According to a new report by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation, health insurance premiums are expected to jump by 75% in 2026 for people who buy their own insurance on…
Read More“Big Beautiful Bill” Puts Local Nursing Homes at Risk
We reported on the risks to our local hospitals from proposed cuts to the federal Medicaid program in an earlier post. If that wasn’t scary enough, the budget bill currently being debated in the Senate envisions even larger cuts to our rural healthcare system than did the House version of the bill – up to…
Read MoreRural Healthcare at Risk Under the “Big Beautiful Bill”
A Beautiful Disaster: What Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Could Mean for Mark Twain Hospital—and Those of Us who Depend on it. If you or someone you love depends on Mark Twain Medical Center, you need to pay attention to what’s happening in Washington, D.C. right now. On June 17, Senate Republicans unveiled their version…
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