Alabama gets $55M for rural healthcare: Advocates warn it won’t solve the larger problem

Alabama has received $55 million in funding for rural healthcare. Advocates express concern that the funding may not address the underlying issues in the system.
“There is potential for this to be helpful, but there’s nothing in this program necessarily that is stabilizing the underlying problem."
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