In rural Appalachia, can health care become the new coal? - Smlr_net

4 Dec 2018


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Title:  In rural Appalachia, can health care become the new coal?
*Author:*  Amna Nawaz
*Source:*  PBS NewsHour
*Date: *Dec 3, 2018
Summary:  Pikeville is a small city of 6,700 nestled in the mountains of
eastern Kentucky--a rural area that has struggled to survive the decline of
the coal industry. Now, local residents are pinning their futures on health
care, which is desperately needed for a population whose life expectancy
lags years behind the national average Link: https://to.pbs.org/2RzeaI2
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