Rural maternity wards see fewer births every year, meaning many of them are on the chopping block for large hospital networks looking to cut costs.

A recent report from the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, spearheaded by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), chairman of the committee, examines the areas of the federal 340B program that need reform.

Large non-profit healthcare providers cite a decrease in patient population and high upkeep costs as reasons for closing their rural treatment centers, but the true reason is financial problems stemming from a lack of payments from private health plans.

In a recent Op-Ed for the DC Journal, Our Health Equity Advisor and director, Laura Brod-Hameed, illuminates the short comings of the 340B drug discount program.

Oregon has seen an increase in food insecurity following the COVID-19 Pandemic, with more residents facing food insecurity in 2023 than in 2020.

A February 2025 report from The Chartis Center for Rural Health finds that 46% of all United States rural hospitals operate in the red. Rural hospital closures illustrate the Health Equity gap in America.

Food insecurity is growing in the state of Michigan, with it’s capital city, Detroit being classified as a long time food desert.