 The Appalachian Wireless Holiday Sale is going on now. Till the end of the year, visit us in store or reserve online for an unbelievable sale on the hottest devices. We know what you want for the holidays because we are you. We are Appalachian Wireless. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 24% of rural Appalachians have medical debt compared to the 17% average. With medical debt on the rise, the Pike County Health Department is offering preventive health care to try to relieve that strain. Well, right, prevention is at the core of what we do at the Pike County Health Department. And prevention can sometimes be those types of services that an individual, if they're running low on resources or underinsured or uninsured, might skip. And we encourage people to not skip those preventative screenings and treatments. We're certainly about preventing illness, chronic illness and disease before it happens. We have a variety of programs here to address that. The department has programs for people of all ages and is available to those who are uninsured, underinsured or live below the poverty line. What we offer here is a variety of services for women, men, children, all ages, but we have the Kentucky Women's Cancer Screening Program. We have Vaccines for Children, the VFC program. We have a variety of clinic services that are on a sliding scale fee. We have our Diabetes Prevention Program that's free to any Pike County resident. And we have our Freedom from Smoking, so our Smoking Sensation Program, which includes nicotine replacement products, is also free to any Pike County resident. We also collaborate with Kentucky Homeplace, do a referral service, and they offer a wide variety of services, which include medication assistance, diabetes supplies, durable medical equipment, and even can help with utility bills and food and other resources for those in need. For more information on programs offered at the Pike County Health Department, go to Pike County Health Department on Facebook. For Mountaintop News, I'm Brianna Robinson.