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The Rural Policy Research Institute - RUPRI

The mission of the Center is to provide timely analysis to federal and state health policy makers, based on the best available research.

The Rural Policy Research Institute is a national organization providing nonpartisan, research-based insights on the challenges, needs, and opportunities facing rural America. The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis conducts original research in the topical areas of access to health care services, Medicare policies, development of rural delivery systems (including effects of national policy), and public health. The research of the RUPRI Center has included studies of Medicare managed care (currently Medicare Advantage plan enrollment), the Medicare prescription drug program, characteristics of the uninsured population in rural areas, classification of rural areas as unlikely to generate financial support for health care providers, and patterns of admission to hospitals for conditions treatable in an outpatient environment. Specific objectives for the Center’s work include: conducting original research and independent policy analysis that provides policy makers and others with a more complete understanding of the implications of health policy initiatives, and disseminating policy analysis that assures policy makers will consider the needs of rural health care delivery systems in the design and implementation of health policy.

11/19/2025

Mueller live in studio - IPR News, River to River. November 2025
What federal cuts to Medicaid mean for Iowans' healthcare
A discussion on how federal cuts to Medicaid will impact Iowans and rural healthcare.

River to River is a conversation about the news with an Iowa perspective. Together we dig into the story behind the headlines - we talk with newsmakers and a diverse range of experts to find out how the news affects you. We take on challenging topics, explore issues from all sides, and foster conver...

11/14/2025

Keith Mueller was recently cited in the Daily Iowan, "Iowa’s rural hospitals brace for impacts from Medicaid changes".

Grace Nelson, a third-year University of Iowa student from Sioux City, Iowa, was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at 18 months old and has been a powered wheelchair user since she was 3. Nelson uses a personal care attendant for 14 to 18 hours a day, seven days a week — a program paid for...

10/07/2025

The October 2025 episode of RHIhub's podcast features an interview with Dan Shane, Associate Professor with the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis. We examine opportunities for applying technological advances in rural health and human services, potential challenges, and future avenues of....

10/01/2025

New policy brief - Health Insurance Coverage in Rural and Urban Areas in the U.S., 2023

This brief outlines the health insurance status of people in the United States, by residence (rural and urban) in 2023, with additional breakdowns by age groups.
Full brief -https://rupri.public-health.uiowa.edu/publications/policybriefs/2025/Health_Insurance_Coverage.pdf

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Iowa City, IA

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http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/rupri

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