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Healthcare Deserts in 2025: 80% of the Country Lacks Healthcare Access | News Channel 3-12

GoodRx Research reports that in 2025, over 120 million Americans live in healthcare-desert counties across the U.S., affecting roughly one in three people.
This situation worsened since 2021 due to more than 1,300 pharmacy closures and system reclassification that withdrew many shortage designations without real improvement.
Pharmacy deserts now affect 45% of U.S. counties, where most residents must drive more than 15 minutes to access a pharmacy, whereas the prevalence of areas lacking adequate hospital services and trauma care facilities has remained largely unchanged.
Nearly 50 million people live over an hour from trauma centers, and hospital beds have declined with over 79 million in areas having fewer than two beds per 1,000 people.
These deficits maintain serious access barriers to critical healthcare services and suggest ongoing challenges for millions who may face increased time and cost for care.

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MEGAN JELINGER // AFP via Getty Images Healthcare deserts in 2025: 80% of the country lacks healthcare access More than 80% of U.S. counties — home to over 120 million Americans — still lack proper access to healthcare services, according to new data from GoodRx Research. In 2021, GoodRx, a platform for medication savings, published its first comprehensive report on the state of “healthcare deserts” in the U.S. It identified areas that lack adeq…

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