That makes it harder for local doctors to stay in business, though the need for primary care remains. Linden is one of many rural communities that has lost its hospital in recent years. The two retirees live in a town of 1,200 on Tennessee’s Buffalo River called Linden. “I have ulcerative colitis, and he’s diabetic,” Gertrude Caruso said. Many, like Gertrude Caruso and her husband, Rob, suffer with chronic ailments. Dollar General’s scale - it has more than 17,000 stores, many of which are in rural communities - could play a role in regions where health care has become hard to come by.īy the numbers, people who live in rural communities tend to need more health care than most. says it’s making a move into health care. One of the discount chains with the most stores across the U.S.
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