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A new study shows health disparities cost Texas billions of dollars; Senate rejects impeachment articles against Mayorkas, ending trial against Cabinet secretary; Iowa cuts historical rural school groups.

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The Senate dismisses the Mayorkas impeachment. Maryland Lawmakers fail to increase voting access. Texas Democrats call for better Black maternal health. And polling confirms strong support for access to reproductive care, including abortion.

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Rural Wyoming needs more vocational teachers to sustain its workforce pipeline, Ohio environmental advocates fear harm from a proposal to open 40-thousand forest acres to fracking and rural communities build bike trail systems to promote nature, boost the economy.

Is There a Doctor in the House? Within a Mile? Within 50 miles?

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The challenge: find a family care doctor in New Hampshire who is accepting new patients, or in rural areas, try to find a family doctor within 20 miles. There's a shortage, according to the Bi-State Primary Care Association. Dr. Philip Boulter of the New Hampshire Citizens Health Initiative says it's an expensive problem, because people without access to basic family and preventive care rely on more costly emergency room care, or a patched-together system.

"There's a quality issue when people see different doctors for different things and nobody's really coordinating their care across multiple specialties."

Because primary care doctors are in short supply, specialized care is more attractive financially, and most doctors finish medical school with student loans topping $150,000, Dr. Boulter thinks it would be smart for the state to adopt a plan to help pay off student loans for primary care doctors who come to New Hampshire.

"For every year you stay and practice in an underserved area of New Hampshire, New Hampshire will start to pay off your loan, to some degree."

He says it also could be a good way to "grow your own," since it encourages doctors to return to their communities after their education and training.



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