Federal recovery dollars 'saved' some small-town, critical-access hospitals, but many still struggle with staffing and rising costs

By Joy Borkholder / Crosscut.com / July 6, 2022 At the beginning of the pandemic, administrators at tiny Summit Pacific Medical Center in Elma, Grays...

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