In the country, there aren’t enough doctors.
Nearly 80% of rural America is “medically underserved,” according to the federal government. One in 5 Americans lives in the country, but only 1 in 10 doctors work out there. In Texas, 35 counties have no doctors. Another 30 counties have exactly one doctor.
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