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Utah is using rural residency programs to fill healthcare coverage gaps (opens the original)
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Millions of federal dollars are going toward developing new medical residency programs in rural areas to help fill gaps in coverage. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $11.2 million to support programs in 14 states. That includes Utah, Arizona, and Wyoming. This comes as hospitals shut down and providers retire in small towns across the West. In Wyoming, $750,000 will go toward creating a new family medicine residency in Buffalo, in the northeast part of the state. It'll be
Utah lost almost $8 million in contracted public lands work last year (opens the original)
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Contractors hired by public land agencies took a $1.3 billion hit last year. Small businesses were hit especially hard, according to a new analysis of federal data from consulting groups Prospect Partners and Hawk Eye Strategies. It found that almost 15% of small businesses that received work contracting with public land agencies in 2024 didn't get work in 2025. That's after the Trump administration took office. These partners — many of whom worked with the government for years — offer services
Pregnant rural residents could have to drive farther for care with Medicaid cuts (opens the original)
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Residents in rural areas already drive long distances to deliver their babies. Now, a new analysis has found that they could have to drive a lot further because of cuts to Medicaid insurance. The Mountain West could see some of the longest drive times in the country. For example, in Nevada, if a rural delivery unit shuts down, the next closest unit may be over two hours away. The next closest hospital is about an hour away in most other states in the region, and for Utah, it's about 40 minutes.
Utah lets Medicaid reimburse doulas. Wyoming and Montana may follow suit (opens the original)
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The majority of western states now let Medicaid help cover the cost of doulas, the trained professionals who provide emotional support and information to people before, during and after childbirth. It's a change from a decade ago, when only two U.S. states allowed Medicaid to reimburse doulas for their work. Now, 28 do, including Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. That's according to a map from the National Health Law Program, a healthcare advocacy group for low-income patients. Mo
What crisis line reports reveal about mental health in the rural West (opens the original)
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Editor's note: This story includes discussion of suicide that may be upsetting to some readers. Residents in Mountain West states are more likely to say they want to harm themselves in crisis text conversations than Americans at large. That's according to reports from the nonprofit group Crisis Text Line, another option for mental health crisis support in addition to the federal 988 service. The group says the trend could be because of the states' large rural areas. For example, in Wyoming, 64%
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