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KEOKUK, Iowa — Folks in this Mississippi River town hope a new federal program can revive the optimism engraved long ago in a plaque on the side of their hospital.
KEOKUK — Folks in this Mississippi River town hope a new federal program can revive the optimism engraved long ago in a plaque on the side of their hospital.
This story was originally published by KFF Health News. Folks in this Mississippi River town hope a new federal program can revive the optimism engraved
Keokuk’s shuttered hospital was among the fewer than two dozen rural hospitals that were converted into Rural Emergency Hospitals in the program’s first year. Now, advocates and lawmakers say tweaks to the law are necessary to lure more takers and keep health care in rural communities.