Detox Desert: Spending Cuts, Overdose Undercounting Leaves Rural Nebraska with Few Resources

Detox Desert: Spending cuts, overdose undercounting leaves rural Nebraska with few resources

The once-abandoned hotel on the outskirts of Hastings buzzed with activity as July crept closer. Maintenance staff lugged donated furniture into rooms, patients met for group therapy and family visits and clinicians rushed to train nurses for the new detox center.

Detox Desert: Spending Cuts, Overdose Undercounting Leaves Rural Nebraska With Few Resources

The once-abandoned hotel on the outskirts of Hastings buzzed with activity as July crept closer.

Detox Desert: Spending cuts, overdose undercounting leaves rural Nebraska with few answers

The state has long undercounted drug deaths, state officials and experts say. By failing to acknowledge the size of the problem, we’re failing to address it, sending few resources to more rural Nebraska counties to help combat substance abuse.

Medicaid cuts in Republicans’ spending bill threaten rural hospitals, disaster preparedness

Medicaid cuts threaten rural hospitals and communities across the US, potentially leaving millions uninsured and forcing closures of vital healthcare facilities.

Hospital Crisis Watch: Rural Hospitals Struggle As “Catastrophic” Medicaid Cuts Hit the Nation

Families across the country wake up every morning to new headlines about hospitals on the brink and clinics closing their doors – especially in rural communities. The health care crisis...