An East Texas County Fights a Bitter Battle Over a Reborn Hospital
As a rural hospital in Crockett struggles with the cost of indigent and other unpaid care, a torn community weighs how to keep its local hospital open and financially viable.
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As a rural hospital in Crockett struggles with the cost of indigent and other unpaid care, a torn community weighs how to keep its local hospital open and financially viable.
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