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Rural Health Care
October 9, 2025
Edith Olmsted
GOP Rep Says Rural Areas Will Just Have to Deal With Hospitals Closing
Representative Mike Flood isn’t worried about the fact that Donald Trump’s bill will force hospitals to close.
May 21, 2025
Monica Potts
The Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts Could Cause a Rural Unemployment Crisis
The spending cuts could force many rural hospitals to close. That wouldn’t just be a crisis for rural health care but for rural employment too.
April 27, 2022
Lindsey Ellefson
The Long Road to Methadone Access in Rural America
The U.S. has treatments to help people dealing with opioid addictions but throws up hurdles to access.
July 27, 2021
Karina Piser
The Trap Doors and Dead Ends of Trying to Get Treated for Long Covid
Experts say the long-Covid crisis will mirror the pandemic itself, creating a “tsunami of disability” that will take a disproportionate toll on low-income people of color.
August 26, 2020
Libby Watson
The Republican Solution to Shuttered Rural Hospitals: Zoom Calls
Small-ball innovations like telemedicine expansion can’t patch a system that’s set up to fail.
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