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The Fight to Save Rural Hospitals — and Access to Healthcare

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Rural hospitals across the United States are facing closures due to financial struggles. The report examines the causes of these closures and highlights new initiatives, such as mobile healthcare units, aimed at improving access to care.

Hospitals all over rural America are struggling, and many are closing. We explore what’s behind these closures, hear about how state-funded reimbursements were supposed to help, and learn about new initiatives to increase access healthcare, like “hospitals on wheels.”

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