For University of Minnesota Extension educator Ellen Wolter, the divide between rural and urban communities is more imagined ...

The policy change is expected to significantly raise the wage index in several states. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing a policy change for the rural floor wage index in ...

An aerial drone photo over the fields and dirt road lanes in the fields during the golden light of the morning. Rural residents in the U.S. face much greater challenges in accessing healthcare than ...

Hundreds of urban hospitals have taken advantage of a 2016 policy change that allows them to be simultaneously classified by Medicare as rural and urban facilities for payment purposes, according to a ...

AMES, Iowa – Inflation took a bigger bite of rural household budgets throughout much of 2022, but its effects were similar in rural and urban areas by the end of the year, according to a report by an ...

There has been a long-standing gap between the earnings of rural and urban workers. In fact, the divide may be widening. In cities, people earn about 23% more than people in rural areas, according to ...