MyChesCo on MSN

USDA unveils sweeping crop insurance overhaul as nearly $1 billion flows into rural Georgia

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced a far-reaching rewrite of federal crop insurance ...
WJBF Augusta on MSN

Rural health care at risk as Georgia prepares for 2026 legislative session

New data shows Georgia has 30 Critical Access Hospitals and three Rural Emergency Hospitals, meaning many patients in rural ...
Georgia Recorder

Georgia tax credit program helps stabilize finances of rural hospitals, though challenges remain

A tax credit program, which allows taxpayers to get a credit for donations to rural hospitals, has directed hundreds of ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

20 rural Georgia hospitals at risk of closure, new report says

More than 700 rural hospitals across the U.S.—including 20 in Georgia—are at risk of closure due to ongoing financial losses and limited funding sources. Over 300 hospitals (10 in Georgia) are ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Training Georgia’s rural health providers

“Georgia has so many rural areas that need help,” Lord said. Hospitals and academic medical centers in Georgia are working together to build rural healthcare workforces through programs that bring ...
WRBL

Report finds rural hospitals in Georgia are at risk of closing

ATLANTA (WJBF) – A new report by the Center for Quality Healthcare and Payment Reform shows 700 rural hospitals are at risk of closure across the US, or about one-third of rural hospitals in the ...
Public News Service on MSN

Advocates warn factory farms are straining rural areas in GA

Rural advocates said Georgia communities are feeling the effects of rapid corporate consolidation in the agriculture industry ...
WRBL

Local leaders highlight Georgia’s Rural Health Crisis

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Congressman Sanford Bishop sat for a virtual news conference Wednesday to highlight the rural health care crisis in Georgia. Rural communities across Georgia have seen an ...
dailyyonder.com

Analysis: The Hollowing Out of Rural Georgia – Part 1

A deepening demographic crisis now haunts rural Georgia and offers one of the starkest pictures of the widening divide between the greater Atlanta area and the rest of the state. In less than 20 years ...
11Alive

Rural Georgia hospitals cut services as federal leaders roll out $50B aid program

ATLANTA — Rural hospitals in Georgia are facing mounting financial pressure that has forced some facilities to cut essential services — and in some cases, warn of possible closures — even as federal ...
WSB-TV

13 rural Georgia hospitals given $6 million for hospital, medical education support

ATLANTA — On Tuesday, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s office announced millions of dollars of grant funding was awarded to 13 rural hospitals in the state. The funds, provided to the hospitals, will be used ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Walz as Harris' VP pick could appeal to Georgia's rural voters, political analysts say

Georgia’s political world is reacting to Kamala Harris’ selection of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. State Democrats have mostly united around Walz, while Georgia’s GOP Chair Josh ...