DNC delegate physician says affordable healthcare vital for rural America
Rebecca Mueller wants to remind her fellow Democrats that there’s a true need for affordable healthcare in rural communities.
Dr. MuellerRebecca Mueller, MD’s love of serving small communities blossomed in Pennsylvania. And it is in the Keystone State this week that she will make sure others in the Democratic Party don’t forget those struggling to afford healthcare in rural America.
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Mueller was born in Des Moines, Iowa, graduated from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in 2008, and then completed her pediatric residency at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. It was at the community-oriented residency where she discovered her ideal practice location.
She has spent the last five years in a small practice in Muscatine, Iowa, where 80% of the population is on Medicaid and children have little to no resources.
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“What I see every day are moms and dads working so hard just to make ends meet and … even if they worked full-time and did a second job in addition, they’d still make poverty wages and still qualify for Medicaid,” Mueller told Medical Economics. “Bernie Sanders says this should not be the case and I agree with that.”
So this week, Mueller will serve as a delegate for the Vermont senator at the
“As a pediatrician, I interact on a daily basis with families and understand the stress they face,” she says. “I’ve seen children with terrible asthma and parents without enough [medical] coverage and time off because they’ve only worked somewhere six months. All of these things impact the health of these children and the whole family.”
While Mueller says Republicans often paint those on welfare as unwilling to work, Democrats are more supportive of those the most in need. She still has misgivings about presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, hence her unwavering support for Sanders.
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