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Medicare Advantage keeps growing. Tiny, rural hospitals say that’s a huge problem
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Jason Bleak runs Battle Mountain General Hospital, a small facility in a remote Nevada gold-mining town that he describes as “out here in the middle of nowhere.”… Read More
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Rural Hospitals Teeter On Financial Cliff As COVID-19 Medicare Loans Come Due
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The federal loans were meant to help hospitals survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet they’re coming due now — at a time when many rural hospitals are still desperate for help.