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70sEraVet

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4. "We're all going to die!" -- Joni Ernst

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Mon Aug 25, 2025, 09:54 AM

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Many of our rural counties have an inordinately large population of retirees. That's because good-paying jobs are rare, so younger folks can't live there. That, in turn, drives down the home prices.
But, the availability of medical services is a serious drawback for seniors. I don't really mind a 45 minute drive to a decent grocery store. But an hour drive to a hospital of ANY kind can be deadly!
We have a very small county hospital five miles from our house. Its not much, but, in a serious situation, they have medical staff that could stabilize you until you can be life-flighted to a more capable facility.
If that small hospital closes, people will die.

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