How Health Care Options Are Shrinking Across Appalachia, This West Virginia Morning

Описание: On this West Virginia Morning, health care options are shrinking across rural Appalachia. Since 2005, the region has lost dozens of hospitals, as well as smaller clinics and other providers. After the Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by Congress changed how health care providers are reimbursed for Medicaid patients, Augusta Medical Group announced it would close three Virginia facilities.






In November, an urgent care center in rural Patrick County, Virginia closed, too. In the wake of the closure, Inside Appalachia (https://wvpublic.org/podcasts/inside-...) ’s Mason Adams went to Stuart, Virginia, to meet with the county’s only doctor.






Also, a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates resigned Thursday just weeks before the legislature is set to return to Charleston, the National Guard deployment to Washington D.C. will continue through at least February, and holiday travelers are about to start hitting the roads in record numbers in West Virginia and across the nation.






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