What Will GOP Do For Missouri's Poorest County? Kill Their Hospital

What Will GOP Do For Missouri's Poorest County? Kill Their Hospital

Pemiscot County, Missouri, lost its Walmart. Now it may lose its only hospital.This deeply conservative corner of rural America is getting a front-row education in what it means when Republicans say they want to “run government like a business.”Businesses exist to make money. And they don’t waste their time in poverty-stricken Pemiscot County, home to less than 16,000 residents who have a median household income that barely clears $40,000. It’s …

They voted for Trump—and now their only hospital may die

Pemiscot County, Missouri, lost its Walmart. Now it may lose its only hospital. This deeply conservative corner of rural America is getting a front-row education in what it means when Republicans say they want to “run government like a business.”...