Tag: Unicoi County

  • Distant Care – Existing Hospital Deserts

    Over the past several posts I’ve spent a lot of time talking about the 30 counties that may lose their hospitals. But what about the 15 counties that currently have no hospital? That’s what the red represents in this map. I want to direct your attention to the line of counties that cut across the…

  • The Economic Impact of Hospital Deserts

    One of the hardest things for me to wrap my head around is the enormity of the economic impact the loss of a hospital has on a small community. In a state of over 6 million people, the loss of 21,000 jobs may not seem like much. It wouldn’t have a dramatic effect on the…

  • More on the Haslam Death Pannel

    When Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam