Reaching Rural Communities – Insure Kids Now

Reaching children and families who are eligible for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) can be particularly challenging in rural areas of the country. Americans living in rural communities face many obstacles including:

– Disproportionally higher poverty rates

– Having more chronic conditions

– Being uninsured or underinsured

– Experiencing a fragmented health care delivery system with an overworked and shrinking health workforce

– Lacking access to specialty services