Safeguarding health care in rural Missouri demands a new approach

By: Ric Ransom

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: April 14, 2026

Words: 812

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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Missouri lawmakers are right to treat the collapse of rural health care as an urgent crisis. Nearly half of the state’s remaining rural hospitals are at risk of closure, and many communities already know what it means to lose emergency rooms, labor and delivery services and timely stroke care. In this environment, legislation allowing MU Health Care greater flexibility to partner with struggling hospitals deserves careful, fact-based evaluation, not dismissal based on theoretical concerns …

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