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Kristin Lyerly: “If that hospital closes, that entire town is going to die.”

Featuring: Kristin Lyerly, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

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Published | Video Starts at 27:56

When I work in southwestern Minnesota, the hospital is the biggest employer. The hospital has the cafeteria where people, it has best food in town, so people go there for lunch. If that hospital closes, that entire town is going to die. And what are the people who live in that community going to do that? And that's just one example. We haven't even talked about prescription drugs. (27:56–28:01)

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Asserts that the closure of a hospital would lead to the decline of the entire town.

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