Counties and Healthcare -- What's the real truth!

The interesting numbers come at the end.  Did you know that 35 counties have 1000 or fewer people, 307 counties have a population under 5000 and that 709 counties have a population under 10000.

That is over 1000 counties.  I have heard the "1000 county" argument as evidence that ACA is collapsing.  No particulars provided to clarify which 1000 counties out of slightly over 3000.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_(United_States)  ... derived from Census data.

981 counties have a population over 50,000; 

592 counties have a population over 100,000; 

137 counties have a population over 500,000; 

45 counties have a population over 1,000,000; 

and 14 counties have a population over 2,000,000. 

35 counties have a population under 1,000; 

307 counties have a population under 5,000; 

709 counties have a population under 10,000; 

and 1,492 counties have a population between 10,000 and 50,000.^[30]

I have been waiting for "the media" to bring this fact out.  I suspect that it is next to impossible to provide onsite hospitals, doctors, healthcare professionals or even a dentist or chiropractor in those counties let alone an insurance company interested in developing a marketplace.  That does not mean you cannot have healthcare coverage -- just means you are going to have to go a long way to see a provider.

The 1492 counties in the middle are going have fewer options too!

Florence Cnty WI >Social Not Just Physical Infrastructure should be Dems Party Strategy

6/12/2017
There are now 47 counties where no health plans want to sell Obamacare

Approximately 38,000 Obamacare enrollees now live in places where no health plans want to sell Obamacare coverage in 2018. This is a small fraction of Obamacare enrollees — about 0.3 percent — who mostly live in rural, sparsely populated areas.

July 2017

Rural Californians Want Price Relief From GOP Health Bill, But Most Won't Get It

Aaron Albaugh peers out from under the brim of his cowboy hat, surveying the acres of hay fields in front of him. The fourth-generation rancher is raising about 450 cattle this year, in this remote corner of Lassen County, California.

His closest neighbor lives a half mile away. "And that's my brother," Albaugh says.

"If I want to go see a movie, it's 70 miles, round-trip," he adds. "If I want to go bowling, that's 100 miles, round-trip."

SHOTS - HEALTH NEWS

Doctor Shortage In Rural Arizona Sparks Another Crisis In 'Forgotten America'

Living a half day's drive from civilization, you learn to do without, he explains. If your refrigerator breaks, you put your food on ice until the weekend when you can go buy a new one. With health care, it's the same thing.

NPR 2019.05.20  LIFE AND HEALTH IN RURAL AMERICA Poll: Many Rural Americans Struggle With Financial Insecurity, Access To Health Care

#Trump WI 1848 Forward: #Counties and #Healthcare -- What's the real truth about #GOP #Trumpcare #Ryancare vs #ACA a solution 

#Counties and #Healthcare -- 1,492 counties have a pop between 10,000 and 50k ... hence few options ... even fewer by #Trump - Pols constantly mislead ... don't expect insurers in low density counties- WI 1848 Forward - Support #Medicaid for #Rural WI