FiveThirtyEight finds downside to Catholics operating hospitals in impoverished, isolated, rural areas

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It’s nice that the Catholic Church operates hospitals in poor and remote rural communities, but it’s unfortunate that they’re so Catholic-y, say FiveThirtyEights’ Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux,

They did it. They really did it. They found the downside to the Church providing hospitals in areas that otherwise would likely go without them.

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