# What the rural healthcare crisis looks like in Alabama

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Podcast: [Marketplace All-in-One](https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-all-in-one-432449)
Published: 2026-06-08T12:35:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2026/06/08/what-the-rural-health-care-crisis-looks-like-in-one-alabama-town
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## Resource

There are about 700 hospitals at risk of closure across rural communities in the U.S. Financial headwinds are mounting, with disappearing federal subsidies and cuts to Medicaid. Alabama is a state familiar with hospital closures and at risk for more. This morning, host Kimberly Adams visits Thomasville Regional Medical Center, a hospital that looks frozen in time but has been closed for almost two years, to learn what happens to a community's economy and access to healthcare when vital resources disappear.

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