Rural Health = Major Local Economic Impact

• $1 health care revenue _ $1 additional local revenue

• 2 health care jobs created (or lost) _ 1 additional local job gained (or lost)

• $1 dollar of personal income created by health care industry _ 30 cents more local personal income.

• Employers increasingly report making decisions about plant location based on local health care costs.

Data: ìThe Economic Value of the Health Care Industry In Sauk County, Wisconsinî by Albert Lanier and Ron Shaffer, Center for Community Economic Development, U.W.-Extension.

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