Sun
Mar 10 2024
07:06 am
Another rural hospital closes in Tennessee
By: bizgrrl

From WATE,

Jellico Regional Hospital has been forced to close its doors this weekend, forcing patients to travel long distances to the next nearest hospital for medical care.

From Fox Chattanooga,

Since 2010, Tennessee has had the highest number of hospital closures per capita in the nation and these closures are limiting access to healthcare for our rural communities.

This not only affects those in rural communities, it affects those closer to the remaining hospitals. More people competing for healthcare.

Tennessee is one of 10 states that has not adopted Medicaid Expansion. Tennessee has failed to take advantage of the billions of Federal funds to help the citizens with healthcare. How backwards is our state government? It is apparently a South Eastern thing. Six of the 10 states that have not expanded Medicaid are in the Southeast (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee).

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yellowdog's picture

People vote Republican and then

Submitted by yellowdog on Sun, 2024/03/10 - 12:43pm.

cannot get to a hospital because it closed because of the Republicans.

yellowdog's picture

People vote Republican and then

Submitted by yellowdog on Sun, 2024/03/10 - 12:47pm.

cannot get to a hospital because the Republicans will not expand Medicaid because they do not like having had a Black president.

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