Compared with their urban and suburban counterparts, rural Wisconsinites suffer more illnesses, and have a harder time finding care.  Recent hospital closures and pending Medicaid cuts threaten to exacerbate these problems.  A new collaborative effort with the University of Wisconsin Medical School, dubbed the Orion Initiative, seeks to reverse these trends for rural Wisconsin.  Orion Initiative Chief Executive Officer Dr. Amy Kind and U.W. Medicine Associate Professor of Rheumatology Christie Bartels spoke with Monday Buzz host Brian Standing about the project.

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