It's part of that is make sure that rural hospitals don't close. And John Husted's vote to cut Medicaid so that billionaires could get a tax cut, that undermines that. We know that A rural hospital means a lot of things. It means you have an OB GYN unit close by. It means they have emergency care close by. But it's also the largest employer in a lot of Ohio counties, especially in Appalachia. So you start with that. You fight, as I did successfully, the closure of the Chillicothe va. It means going into these communities and making sure that state government's not cutting spending on education. (04:30–04:46)
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Asserts the importance of rural hospitals as major employers and providers of essential services in Ohio counties.
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