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Wednesday
Mark Pieper sits in his pickup after receiving one of his last dialysis treatments in Chadron, Neb., before the rural hospital there shut down that service due to financial challenges. "I guess I'll just bloat up and die in a month," Pieper remembers thinking when he heard the news. Arielle Zionts/KFF Health News hide caption
Special rural health funding not enough to keep some health facilities open
Thursday
Big Sandy, in north-central Montana and home to nearly 800 people, is an isolated farming and ranching community about 80 miles from the nearest major town. Aaron Bolton/Montana Public Radio hide caption
Thursday
Patient Account Specialist Yolanda Baskerville works at the Rural Health Group clinic in Stovall, N.C. in July. Medical debt affects 100 million Americans. Matt Ramey for The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Bowman, N.D., has about 1,400 residents, and they rely on Southwest Healthcare Services. The facility joined with other rural hospitals in the state to form a network that allows it to remain independent while sharing resources in an effort to save money and improve patient care. Arielle Zionts/KFF Health News hide caption
Thursday
One-year-old River Jacobs is held by his mother, Caitlin Fuller, while he receives an MMR vaccine from Raynard Covarrubio, at a vaccine clinic held by the Lubbock Public Health Department on March 1 in Lubbock, Texas. A measles outbreak in West Texas has led to more than 500 cases, 57 hospitalizations and the deaths of two school-age children. Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Zalmai Afzali, an internal medicine doctor in northeastern Virginia, had to complete a residency program in the U.S. after having already finished one in Afghanistan. He supports new state laws dropping such requirements for foreign-trained doctors. Roya Qaemi hide caption