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Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital’s sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many in this county of 22,000 fear permanently.

Some residents worry the hospital’s sudden closure last August could cost them their life.

“I know we all have to die, but it seems like since the hospital closed, there’s a lot more people dying,” Linda Gibson, a lifelong resident of Williamston, North Carolina, said on a recent afternoon while preparing snacks for children in a nearby elementary school kitchen.

More than 100 hospitals have downsized services or closed altogether over the past decade in rural communities like Williamston, where people openly wonder if they’d survive the 25-minute ambulance ride to the nearest hospital if they were in a serious car crash.

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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 111 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

voted for Trump in 2020

votes for Republicans

Shocked Pikachu jpeg when emergency shit starts closing down in the name of profits.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 83 points 5 months ago (1 children)

wHy sHoUlD i pAy FoR oTHeR pEOpleS' HeAlThCaRe?

[–] DrMorose@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because they would also be paying for yours as well...

I swear people can not grasp that concept. This is not directed at you OP. I am just piggybacking my literal astonishment at these peoples cognitive dissonance.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You are confused because you are prioritizing overall efficiency above white supremacist hierarchy. They would just rather pay more for their own healthcare than allow people "beneath" them to have any. They don't think they will get cancer so it is not like they'll go bankrupt or anything.

[–] DrMorose@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I know you are being a little facetious but I think there really is a nugget of truth there. I didn't full realize how much my Healthcare is, until this past reup and it got me thinking how many people probably don't realize how much they are paying because it is a pre-tax deduction so they technically don't even see the bill to realize how much they are paying.

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