Rural America, already hurting, could be most harmed by Trump's promise to repeal Obamacare
- Written by Margaret Greenwood-Ericksen, National Clinician Scholar, Clinical Lecturer, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, University of Michigan
A hospital worker removing a plaque from Sac-Osage Hospital, which closed its doors in 2015.Orlin Wagner/APThe health of rural America is failing, and a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) without adequate replacement could prove disastrous. A December, 2016 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that for the first...