This study will use newly available national health survey data to examine rural-urban differences in access to medical care, access to insurance, and affordability of care. Implemented in response to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), these new data represent an opportunity to obtain baseline data for monitoring rural ACA implementation.

Publications

• Rural Adults Delay, Forego, and Strategize to Afford Their Pre-ACA Health Care
  Policy Brief
  Maine Rural Health Research Center
  Date: 11/2015
  This study provides detailed information about rural-urban differences among adults younger than age 65 in perceived affordability of health insurance coverage and services prior to implementation of the Affordable Care Act.