Help with Healthcare

Help with Healthcare

http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/540022/Library-will-host-healthcare-workshops.html?nav=5049

This article in the the Adirondack Daily Enterprise talks about how a local library in Tupper Lake will host healthcare workshops. The whole of United States has been struggling with the changes of the  Affordable Care Act and this does not exclude the rural county of Essex, NY. These workshops are led by Jill Rock, an education and outreach specialist and by Sandy Duquette, a health insurance administrator of the North Country Chamber of Commerce. These women have cited the confusion that people have been experiencing and how many people have reached out asking for help.

I think that rural communities will struggle more with the changes in the healthcare policy given their isolation. Therefore, I think that these workshops are a great idea and should be implemented in other small communities. Because of their physical isolation, it makes it harder for people to understand the healthcare changes and how it will affect them given their lack of communication. Furthermore, because rural counties tend to be of lower socioeconomic status and generally are more blue-collar workers, people have limited access to the internet. This will make it particularly difficult for people to access the already difficult healthcare.gov website. It is nice to see this type of community outreach and I hope that other small communities implement similar programs.