...The Senate's attempt to restructure health care policy will, among other things, wipe out Medicaid expansion, which helps to cover nearly half of our children and makes rural health possible.

These changes will affect millions nationally. But areas like ours will get hit hardest. Numerous analyses of the legislation, such as from Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, all say that that the impact of Medicaid cuts will be more prominent in rural communities. The state's recent expansion of Medicaid provides care for many of our children; 44 percent of Yavapai County's children are Medicaid recipients....

Health Care in Rural Areas Under Siege, Daily Courier