Four in Ten Rural Americans Report Problems Affording Medical Bills, Housing, or Food

According to a new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll, although a majority of rural Americans are optimistic about having an impact on improving their local communities (62%), a substantial share also experience problems in areas that carry major consequences, including financial insecurity, trouble accessing affordable, quality health care, lack of high-speed internet access, housing, and isolation/loneliness. CONT.

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