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leftieNanner

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3. Especially in states that refused to expand Medicaid

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 24, 2020, 02:54 PM

Apr 2020

Which is a big part of the reason these rural hospitals are in financial trouble. There are also large swaths of these red states that do not have a hospital at all for the same reason.

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A coronavirus wake-up call is coming to red America, complicating Trump's push to reopen [View all] babylonsister Apr 2020 OP

Rural hospital systems, already in trouble financially, are not going to be able to cope OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2020 #1

Agreed. Just look at what's happening in Albany, GA. nt babylonsister Apr 2020 #2

Especially in states that refused to expand Medicaid leftieNanner Apr 2020 #3

I am in such a place in Central ME. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2020 #6

All of it - Very Scary leftieNanner Apr 2020 #7

Ironic being that states that will suffer from lack of medical care will get hurt the worst (IMHO). SWBTATTReg Apr 2020 #4

Is this what all the PPE theft or redirection was about? liberalla Apr 2020 #5

It will be way too late. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2020 #8