Where you live can shape your health and your prescription costs. Urban and rural communities differ not just in lifestyle and resources, but also in the medications people take and how much they pay ...

A growing number of urban hospitals are reclassifying themselves as both urban and rural to reap financial benefits Congress intended for rural hospitals only, a new study has found. “In 2016, in ...

While location isn’t the only factor influencing wages, understanding the causes of the divide can help workers in lower-paying areas find ways to boost their income. While 2025 income data hasn’t ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. It’s easy to think cervical cancer could be 100 ...

Both rural and urban Medicare beneficiaries with kidney failure used telehealth services significantly more during compared ...

Urban vs rural consumption patterns reveal clear differences in spending, driven by income, access, and lifestyle. Here’s ...

The rapid growth of urban hospitals claiming “administratively rural” status within Medicare is yet another example of how well-intentioned policies unintentionally create loopholes for private ...

Rural hospitals in New Mexico and across the country are experiencing financial hardship and it started before recent changes ...

Government scholars Suzanne Mettler and Trevor Brown both grew up in rural communities—and both were struck by how divided those small towns became. "Growing up, many of my family friends voted for ...

By any honest measure, rural America is under siege – not from foreign adversaries, but from within. For decades, unelected ...