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After Appalachian hospitals merged into a monopoly, their ERs slowed to a crawl
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One company that bought up most of the hospitals and small practices just up and decided to move out of the area, fire thousands of people and NOT sell the hospitals to people that put in offers. They DIDNT work with the cities they left. They sent a piece of mail to me letting me know I had 30 days to get prescriptions from my PCP and that I wouldn't get any more. Now I have to find a new doctor... While working full time during the hours of doctors... While hoping to God my ADd meds last until I get a new doctor. They didn't even pretend to try to work with anyone in the area on this. They don't give a fuck about the people. This is not an industry that should be ran by corporations.
One of the hospitals they are closing is jam packed, filled to the brim every day. How the fuck is it legal for them to just up and leave without working on a plan to slowly leave the area or transition to another company?