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The misguided laws contributing to America’s rural health crisis
America’s rural health crisis has gone from bad to worse.  More than 90 percent of rural counties face a shortage of primary care physicians, forcing many rural residents to travel for hours even for basic procedures. Over the last two decades, nearly 200 rural hospitals have shut down. Hundreds more hospitals teeter on the brink of bankruptcy, threatening to deprive millions more people of vital nearby care. In fact, a lack of adequate access to health care has contributed to the widening health gap between rural and urban Americans. From 2010 to 2019, while life expectancy rose in urban counties, it declined in rural parts of the country. In 2020, for example, rural counties exper

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