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'We carry a lot of weight': What rural Mississippi ambulance providers can tell us about America's broken health care system

By Erica Hensley | October 21, 2019

How one rural ambulance company providing emergency care for two Mississippi counties provides a valuable lesson in shrinking EMS safety net and consolidating health care.

Two Jackson hospitals pay millions to avoid treating serious trauma patients, records show

Critical Access: What Mississippi counties are giving away for ambulance service

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Marshall Ramsey: The Second Flood

The third highest flood of record has forced 40 years of plastic bottles loose.

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