Commentary: A health care law for rural America

For too long, rural Americans have been getting the short end of the health-care stick, with limited insurance options, fewer doctors and nurses, and higher out-of-pocket expenses. The health-care law is helping to change that – increasing payments to rural health-care providers, strengthening Medicare and training thousands of new primary care doctors to serve in rural areas.

By Kathleen Sebelius and Tom Vilsack | McClatchy Tribune News Service

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/03/23/110917/a-health-care-law-for-rural-america.html#ixzz1HXxZzROi

(Many thanks to David Young for passing along.)