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Back to school: Nurse seeks training to help bridge mental health care gap in rural NC

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Credit: Courtesy of East Carolina University Weve lost a lot Rural health care access in general across North Carolina has suffered in recent years. A dozen rural hospitals have either shut down or stopped providing inpatient care since 2005, according to data from the Cecil G.

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NC Medicaid expansion faces uncertain future as GOP eyes federal cuts

NC Health News

Twelve rural hospitals in North Carolina have either shut down or stopped providing inpatient care since 2005, according to data from the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill. That hits your rural hospitals extremely hard.

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Rural North Carolina counties would suffer most from Medicaid cuts

NC Health News

Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill, said the program is a major source of funding for the states rural hospitals, many of which are struggling financially. Without Medicaid, many of these people on Medicaid would be uninsured, Holmes said in an interview with NC Health News.