Skip to search and filter Image Medicaid cuts in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill could cripple some of Arizona’s rural hospitals July 1, 2025 Dr Derksen quoted in Cronkite News article on Medicaid cuts in Big Beautiful Bill could cripple some ofArizona's rural hospitals. Read more Native Americans Hurt by Federal Health Cuts, Despite RFK Jr.'s Promises of Protection June 24, 2025 Kennedy has repeatedly promised to prioritize Native Americans’ health care. But Native Americans and health officials across tribal nations say those overtures are overshadowed by the collateral harm from massive cuts to federal health programs. Read more Image ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Batter Rural Hospital Finances, Researchers Say June 13, 2025 Read more Image Opioid Stewardship Programs in Rural Arizona April 29, 2025 Opioid Stewardship Programs (OSPs) are a suite of tools to address substance misuse. Dr. Bridget Murphy, Assistant Research Professor at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, aims to advance OSPs in rural areas. Read more Reporting from the front lines of rural health — before it’s too late April 23, 2025 Profile of Kaiser Family Foundation Health News' Rural Health Desk. Editor and Publisher Magazine Image Medicaid funding at risk: How will Arizonans be affected? April 21, 2025 Experts say millions of low-income people in the U.S. stand to lose their health insurance under Congressional Republicans' proposed budget for next year, which would end most federal support for Medicaid and shift costs to the states, who simply can not absorb the shortfall. "I estimate that probably 520,000 Arizonans that are currently covered by Medicaid will lose coverage," said University of Arizona associate vice president Dr. Daniel Derksen, director of the Arizona Center for Rural Health. "That's substantial. You're not saving money when you throw people off of coverage. You're just shifting the cost." Dr. Derksen quoted in Daily Wildcat Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
Image Medicaid cuts in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill could cripple some of Arizona’s rural hospitals July 1, 2025 Dr Derksen quoted in Cronkite News article on Medicaid cuts in Big Beautiful Bill could cripple some ofArizona's rural hospitals. Read more
Native Americans Hurt by Federal Health Cuts, Despite RFK Jr.'s Promises of Protection June 24, 2025 Kennedy has repeatedly promised to prioritize Native Americans’ health care. But Native Americans and health officials across tribal nations say those overtures are overshadowed by the collateral harm from massive cuts to federal health programs. Read more
Image ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Batter Rural Hospital Finances, Researchers Say June 13, 2025 Read more
Image Opioid Stewardship Programs in Rural Arizona April 29, 2025 Opioid Stewardship Programs (OSPs) are a suite of tools to address substance misuse. Dr. Bridget Murphy, Assistant Research Professor at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, aims to advance OSPs in rural areas. Read more
Reporting from the front lines of rural health — before it’s too late April 23, 2025 Profile of Kaiser Family Foundation Health News' Rural Health Desk. Editor and Publisher Magazine
Image Medicaid funding at risk: How will Arizonans be affected? April 21, 2025 Experts say millions of low-income people in the U.S. stand to lose their health insurance under Congressional Republicans' proposed budget for next year, which would end most federal support for Medicaid and shift costs to the states, who simply can not absorb the shortfall. "I estimate that probably 520,000 Arizonans that are currently covered by Medicaid will lose coverage," said University of Arizona associate vice president Dr. Daniel Derksen, director of the Arizona Center for Rural Health. "That's substantial. You're not saving money when you throw people off of coverage. You're just shifting the cost." Dr. Derksen quoted in Daily Wildcat
