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HealthConnections: Tennessee's Rural Healthcare Problem

WUOT | By Chrissy Keuper
Published July 12, 2021 at 10:20 AM EDT

Tennessee's rural healthcare system is crumbling, due to the closure of rural hospitals and a lack of primary care in rural areas. Dr. Carole Myers of the University of Tennessee College of Nursing speaks with Tennessee State Senator Dr. Richard Briggs about how the lack of rural healthcare isn't just a healthcare issue.
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Chrissy Keuper
Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.
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