Rural Areas United States

In a highly unusual maneuver, House and Senate budget conferees are considering diverting billions of dollars in rural phone subsidies to make up for an expected shortfall in federal airwave-auction revenue. The federal government projects a $3-billion to $4-billion budget gap stemming from a short supply in forthcoming auctions of airwaves to communications companies.

The Senate approved legislation Thursday designed to encourage satellite television companies to include local channels in packages they sell in rural areas, giving tens of millions of viewers access to local programming that they cannot receive now. The measure would establish a $1.

The Senate approved legislation Thursday designed to encourage satellite television companies to include local channels in packages they sell in rural areas, giving tens of millions of viewers access to local programming that they cannot receive now. The measure would establish a $1.

In a highly unusual maneuver, House and Senate budget conferees are considering diverting billions of dollars in rural phone subsidies to make up for an expected shortfall in federal airwave-auction revenue. The federal government projects a $3-billion to $4-billion budget gap stemming from a short supply in forthcoming auctions of airwaves to communications companies.

Federal and state governments must take "immediate steps" to curb the flight of physicians and other health professionals from the practice of obstetrics and to ensure access to care for all women who need it, especially the poor, an Institute of Medicine panel recommended Wednesday. The specter of malpractice litigation represents "a serious threat to the delivery of obstetrical care in this nation," according to the committee, which conducted a two-year study for the institute.

Time caught up with La Harpe last year when the old country doctor retired and folks reluctantly sought health care from strangers in distant cities. But then town leaders recruited a new doctor with warmth and charm reminiscent of the man he replaced. The only difference: The newcomer was a Vietnamese immigrant.

Time caught up with La Harpe last year when the old country doctor retired and folks reluctantly sought health care from strangers in distant cities. But then town leaders recruited a new doctor with warmth and charm reminiscent of the man he replaced. The only difference: The newcomer was a Vietnamese immigrant.

Federal and state governments must take "immediate steps" to curb the flight of physicians and other health professionals from the practice of obstetrics and to ensure access to care for all women who need it, especially the poor, an Institute of Medicine panel recommended Wednesday. The specter of malpractice litigation represents "a serious threat to the delivery of obstetrical care in this nation," according to the committee, which conducted a two-year study for the institute.