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Critical Condition

Investigating the Business of Oklahoma’s Rural Hospitals

Rural communities desperate to save their hospitals are turning to for-profit companies for help, but many fail to deliver on lofty promises and leave them with more debt.

An illustration of a doctor navigating a maze made of $100 dollar bills.

How the CARES Act Forgot America’s Most Vulnerable Hospitals

by Brianna Bailey, The Frontier,

She Needed Lifesaving Medication, but the Only Hospital in Town Did Not Have It

by Brianna Bailey, The Frontier, and Maya Miller, ProPublica,

These Hospitals Pinned Their Hopes on Private Management Companies. Now They’re Deeper in Debt.

by Brianna Bailey, The Frontier,

The Only Hospital in Town Was Failing. They Promised to Help but Only Made It Worse.

by Brianna Bailey, The Frontier,

This Hospital Has Only 8 Nurses. They Are Also the Janitors.

by Brianna Bailey, The Frontier,