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Kentucky’s Rural Health Revival | Lexington News
Rural hospitals across the U.S. are collapsing—190 have closed since 2010, and 430 more are teetering on the edge, leaving 62 million Americans, especially those on Medicaid and Medicare, without critical care. But Kentucky’s turning the tide: it’s landed nearly $213 million in federal funding for 2026 to overhaul rural health systems. Led by the University of Kentucky’s Center of Excellence in Rural Health, which has been fighting health disparities since 1990, initiatives like Kentucky Homeplace connect underserved communities with essential services through community health workers…
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