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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			November 13, 2009		</time>
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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://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/7F38451F-F75C-423C-B57D-8DA718C9FA72">          <strong>Read Related Article</strong>        </a>      </strong>    </p><p>      <strong>Related Videos: <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/43A1AD19-9C5D-437B-961C-EE0DF7CAC2F6">Beverly May</a> | <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/07C653C3-1ABA-43F6-8430-1DAE8DEC3260">Annie Fox</a> | <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/F7DE5DE0-1751-4ECF-BE6B-3CEAAF6D749B">Cathy Nance</a></strong>    </p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-roll/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-roll/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-roll/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Health%20Care%20In%20Hazard%3A%20Gerry%20Roll&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F111309rural-roll%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-roll/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-roll/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-roll/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=9973&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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