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July 20, 2017

Rural hospitals nervous about Medicaid debate

  • Rural hospitals are not just a lifeline for patients, they also sustain local economies, providing jobs and services.
    • By ADAM BEAM
    Associated Press

    FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kathy Holbrook was at home one night last year when she started having chest pains, so the 63-year-old former office manager drove to a hospital near her home in the eastern Kentucky mountains.

    “I am a Christian lady, so I believe in the power of prayer and I was just praying to God to give me the strength to get there,” she said.


     
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