Report: Health care linked to Montana rural population growth

If rural Montana is going to thrive, a new report suggests, it will take a resurgence of young people staying in – or returning to – their hometowns to pursue careers and raise families.

Spokeswoman Alyssa Charney with the Center for Rural Affairs, which released the report, says the population in most rural areas is declining because of lack of access to things such as health care and health insurance.

"A lot of that has to do with young people leaving, not necessarily because they don’t want to be living in those communities, but because the jobs that provide the benefits they need are often located outside of those communities."

by Deb Courson Smith (Big Sky Connection)

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