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The closure of the dialysis unit at Chadron Hospital upended the lives of its patients in rural Nebraska. Some have moved to be closer to care. One is living in a rental in another city on weekdays. Another is driving more than four hours round-trip for care.
Jim Wright stands near some of the boxes he and his wife, Carol, packed from their home in Nebraska. The couple say they’ll eventually have to sell their Nebraska house and move to a new city to be closer to care.
Jon Reiners, CEO of Chadron Hospital in Nebraska, says the rural hospital could no longer afford to provide dialysis due to low Medicare reimbursement rates.
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The closure of the dialysis unit at Chadron Hospital upended the lives of its patients in rural Nebraska. Some have moved to be closer to care. One is living in a rental in another city on weekdays. Another is driving more than four hours round-trip for care.
Jim Wright stands near some of the boxes he and his wife, Carol, packed from their home in Nebraska. The couple say they’ll eventually have to sell their Nebraska house and move to a new city to be closer to care.
Jon Reiners, CEO of Chadron Hospital in Nebraska, says the rural hospital could no longer afford to provide dialysis due to low Medicare reimbursement rates.
