Health Care In Hazard: Gerry Roll

Gerry Roll helped organize Hazard-Perry County Community Ministries, which – despite its name – has no religious mission. She says people don’t understand the problems in southeastern Kentucky: “You can get whatever you need as far as traditional medical care goes. Yet we have the highest levels of chronic disease in the nation. So when I hear people talking about access to health care being a problem, I am livid.”

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<h1>Health Care In Hazard: Gerry Roll</h1>
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<p>Gerry Roll helped organize Hazard-Perry County Community Ministries, which – despite its name – has no religious mission. She says people don’t understand the problems in southeastern Kentucky: “You can get whatever you need as far as traditional medical care goes. Yet we have the highest levels of chronic disease in the nation. So when I hear people talking about access to health care being a problem, I am livid.”</p><p>      <strong><a href="https://khn.org/legacy/7F38451F-F75C-423C-B57D-8DA718C9FA72"><strong>Read Related Article</strong></a></strong>    </p><p>      <strong>Related Videos: <a href="https://khn.org/legacy/43A1AD19-9C5D-437B-961C-EE0DF7CAC2F6">Beverly May</a> | <a href="https://khn.org/legacy/07C653C3-1ABA-43F6-8430-1DAE8DEC3260">Annie Fox</a> | <a href="https://khn.org/legacy/F7DE5DE0-1751-4ECF-BE6B-3CEAAF6D749B">Cathy Nance</a></strong>    </p><em><a href="https://www.khn.org/about-us">KHN</a> (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a> (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation.</em><p><a href="https://khn.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KHN's free Morning Briefing.</p><img src="https://ssl.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&t=event&ec=Republish&tid=UA-53070700-2&z=1652786363362&cid=5f0a216b-07c3-43f7-aa2c-fe90980b6b64&ea=https%3A%2F%2Fkhn.org%2Fnews%2F111309rural-roll%2F&el=Health%20Care%20In%20Hazard%3A%20Gerry%20Roll"/>

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