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How hospital closures affect rural health access

My rural hospital closed last year and now the nearest emergency room is 90 minutes away and I think about that every time my chest feels tight.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Market-driven healthcare abandons communities that cannot generate sufficient profit margins.

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