State Senator Shane Morigeau: Rural communities deserve equitable access to quality healthcare

By Consumers for Quality Care, on October 25, 2022

State Senator Shane Morigeau: Rural communities deserve equitable access to quality healthcare

Montana’s rural communities are enormous contributors to our state economy. They are home to our farms and ranches, our thriving Tribal communities, and much of what makes Montana so attractive to tourists – mountains, rivers, lakes, open prairies and abundant wildlife.

Montana’s beauty and its space are in large part what led to the pandemic population boom. Our rural areas deserve access to the services and programs that our more urban areas enjoy – especially quality, affordable health care.

Across the country, people are clamoring for something to be done about rising out-of-pocket costs and the resulting impact of expensive medical bills. Nowhere in the country is this truer than in Montana.

Read the full article in the Daily Montanan here.