rural hospitals

As many as 250,000 residents could lose Medicaid coverage in Washington. That reduction would mean fewer patients can pay at hospitals that are already struggling.

Rural hospitals are feeling the effect of the surge in coronavirus cases in Washington. Unlike earlier in the pandemic when urban areas felt most of the…

Facilities for delivering babies are expensive to run and hard to staff. But when small rural hospitals close their birthing units, pregnant women must travel much farther for care.