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PoindexterOglethorpe

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2. So many rural areas have problems keeping doctors.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Jul 28, 2018, 12:54 AM

Jul 2018

I suppose the essential problem is that not many people, whatever their profession, are eager to live in rural areas. Speaking for myself (and I'm not a doctor) I prefer cities. I currently live in a somewhat small one (population about 70,000) but it has the services I want.

I know there are people here who live in rural areas and wouldn't trade that for anything, even when they acknowledge certain inconveniences. I get that.

I really, really hope that this is a solution that works for Texas.

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Rural Texas is Struggling to Keep Doctors. A Proposed Medical School Wants to Change That. [View all] TexasTowelie Jul 2018 OP

The answer is simple: subsidize rural healthcare workers. Girard442 Jul 2018 #1

So many rural areas have problems keeping doctors. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2018 #2

Osteopathic? Medicine?? Farmer-Rick Jul 2018 #3

Yes, they are allowed to write prescriptions. TexasTowelie Jul 2018 #4