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RedArkGuy

(824 posts)
5. Here's what else happens
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 10:36 PM
Jul 2

If your small-town hospital closes, whatever industrial manufacturers exist in the area will see their insurance rates jump sky high. They will then look to close, move somewhere else that has a hospital or move overseas.

Losing your hospital kills the economy of your town. There is no refining this. It is flat out true.

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