Archived Policy Positions
After seven years of the approval of an issue paper or policy brief, that paper automatically undergoes a two-part review process. If the Rural Health Congress does not make a decision on the paper or brief within eight years of approval or if the congress votes to archive a paper, it is no longer considered an official position of NRHA. All policies will be kept on file but separate from current, active policies.
If you have any questions about any of these papers or if you are an NRHA member and would like to revisit/update any of these papers, please contact the NRHA Government Affairs office at 202-639-0550 or emahn@nrharural.org.
Archived Policy Positions
The positions listed below are in the chronological order that they were originally adopted by the Rural Health Congress (formerly the Rural Health Policy Board).
Access To Automatic External Defibrillation
— February 2003
Access to Health Care for the Uninsured in Rural and Frontier America
— May 1999
Antitrust and Rural Health
— May 1996
Community Health Advisor Programs
— November 2000
Facilitating the Use of National Surveys in Rural Health Research
— May 1998
Federal Medicaid Reform: A Rural Perspective
— May 2003 (Updated May 2007)
Federal Medicaid Reform: A Rural Perspective
— April 2004 (Updated May 2007)
Funding of Graduate Medical Education Updated
— February 1998
Health Insurance in Rural America
— March 2004
HIV/AIDS in Rural America: Disproportionate Impact on Minority and Multicultural Populations
— July 2004 (This is an update of the HIV/AIDS in Rural America policy paper from November 1997)
Health Insurance Access in Rural America, March 2004
Impact of Entitlement Programs on Rural Health
— May 1995
Long-Term Care in Rural America
— May 2001
Mental Health in Rural America
— May 1999
National Agenda for Rural Minority Health
— May 1999
National Agenda for Rural Minority Health: Recruitment and Training of Health Professionals
— April 2001
National Agenda for Rural Minority Health: The Need For Responsive Rural Health Delivery Systems
— July 2001
National Agenda for Rural Minority Health: The Need for Standardized Data and Information Systems
— April 2001
National Health Policy Reform: The Rural Perspective
— September 1992
Reforming the Universal Service Fund
— May 2003
Role of Telemedicine in Rural Health Care
— February 1998
Rural America's Health Care Safety Net Providers
— March 2002
Rural and Frontier Emergency Medical Services Toward the Year 2000
— May 1997
Rural Graduate Medical Education
— June 2003
Rural Health Clinics in Rural America
— February 1997 (updated November 2006)
— January 2004
Rural Physician Recruitment and Retention
— November 1998
Rural Veterans: A Special Concern for Rural Health Advocates
— May 2004 (Updated February 2007)
— March 2003
Vision for Health Reform Models for America's Rural Communities
— February 1998
