Rural Health Systems and Legal Care: Opportunities for Initiating and Maintaining Legal Care After the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Discusses medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) as a suitable approach for rural areas to improve access to public benefits, address social determinants of health, and change policies that impact health. Discusses the need in rural areas for health-related legal care. Describes the Medical-Legal Partnership of Southern Illinois (MLPSI) as a model for other rural MLPs.
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - Category: Rural Health Source Type: news