Healthcare is all about who is going to pay for it. Because if you can’t afford to go to the doctor, you probably won’t until it becomes an emergency – which isn’t good for the patient or the system. This is a particular problem in rural Tennessee. When there’s a hiccup in the system, rural […]
This Tennessee town’s only hospital closed without warning. Two years later it still hasn’t reopened. | Healthcare Hollow
A Tennessee coal mining town made headlines when its only hospital was abruptly shut down in 2024. Since then, efforts by Jellico’s government to revive the abandoned hospital have fallen short.
Linden hospital reopening shows hope for rural health | Healthcare Hollow
More than a dozen Tennessee small towns have watched their hospitals go dark. Linden is among them.
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