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RealClear published National Grange President, Christine Hamp Op-Ed: “Rural America is Paying the Price for Medicare Loophole” following and interview on WBAL episode of Jerry Rogers Health Decoded. Listen to the interview and read the full Op-Ed below.

The National Grange recently supported the release of a new report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) that examined how rural Americans face a disproportionate and growing burden from Alzheimer’s disease, driven by structural barriers that delay diagnosis, limit access to emerging therapies, and impose staggering costs on patients, caregivers, and rural health systems.

The National Grange supported the release of a new analysis by Magnolia Market Access examining how Medicare hospital reclassification policies are increasingly diverting resources intended for rural hospitals to large urban health systems, weakening the rural health care safety net and threatening access to care for millions of rural Americans.

The National Grange today issued the following statement celebrating the passage of the Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act (H.R. 842/S. 339) – landmark legislation that expands access to innovative cancer screening technologies for Medicare beneficiaries.

The National Grange, the nation’s oldest rural advocacy and service organization, today issued a statements urging swift congressional passage of the Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act (H.R. 842/S. 339)

The Rural Life Initiative: Bridging the Gaps Grant offers funding to support local Granges’ event-based projects that bring the community together and help engage new Grange members.