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Farming communities are frequently found struggling to retain the 

 local, financially burdened hospital. That same community, in 

 turn, then experiences the lack of money to pursue an active 

 economic development program or to upgrade the educational system. 



The impact of health care costs is evident at the level of the 

 individual, the family and the rural community. 



Please consider the economic viewpoint of rural health care costs 

 both in money and manpower as you develop your perspective of 

 economic situations facing U.S. agriculture and rural communities. 



