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March 21, 2017

Rural hospitals wary about revamping ACA

  • Expected cuts to Medicaid will affect facilities everywhere, but experts and administrators are particularly worried about rural areas.
    • By RUSS BYNUM, REBECCA SANTANA and KATHLEEN FOODY
    Associated Press

    CLAXTON, Ga. — Talmadge Yarbrough had just sat down at his desk and opened a box of pecans when he let out a gasp that could have been his last breath. He'd gone into cardiac arrest in his office, a co-worker called 911, and an ambulance drove him two miles to the small hospital that serves this rural community in southeast Georgia.

    “I would have never lasted to get to Savannah or Statesboro,” Yarbrough said of the biggest cities near Claxton — each 30 to 60 miles away. “I firmly believe if that hospital wasn't here, I wouldn't be here.”


     
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