HEALTHCARE IN RURAL TENNESSEE
They closed 19 hospitals. We are going to build them back.
43%
Rural hospitals at risk
19
TN hospitals closed
$2.1B
ER care for uninsured
Tennessee refused Medicaid expansion for 14 years. Rural hospitals could not survive on emergency room visits alone. Private equity bought the survivors and stripped them for parts.
We drive 90 minutes to the nearest hospital. If you have a heart attack, you die.
Linda Carter, Decatur County resident