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Trump’s $50B Rural Health Bet Meets a Healthcare Desert in North Carolina

Republicans promise that $50 billion in new health funding will help rural America. But it’s not expected to aid the years-long effort in North Carolina’s Martin County to reopen its only hospital.

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According to KFF Health News’s source item, Trump’s $50B Rural Health Bet Meets a Healthcare Desert in North Carolina, Republicans promise that $50 billion in new health funding will help rural America. But it’s not expected to aid the years-long effort in North Carolina’s Martin County to reopen its only hospital.

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