In Rural Calif., A Debate On How To Save A Hospital

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Source: NPR

Rural hospitals across the nation have struggled to stay afloat. There are, of course, fewer patients in rural areas, and many of them are on public health insurance programs that pay far less than private insurers.

Residents in Modoc County, in the remote northeastern corner of California, will soon vote on whether to tax themselves to save their local hospital.

Modoc is California's most Republican county, where ads for the local Tea Party run prominently in the weekly newspaper.

Still, Miller says the one thing voters here hate more than taxes is the thought of being stranded in Alturas or on a ranch with no ambulance service and no place to spend the night when felled by pneumonia or a hip fracture.

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Should be interesting to watch this play out. They hate paying taxes but want to keep the services. Typical Tea Party BS.

Further down in the article there's an interview with a guy that decorates his driveway with Confederate flags. Who knew Northern Cali was apart of the Confederacy? That same guy said he's willing to spend $15,000 on ads against the tax.

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1. California's own piece of Idaho

There are also no gay men there, just guys with wide stances. :eyes: The way we get rid of these people is to institute a "Clean Air" tax. They will be so against it, instead of Tea Parties, they will have Choke Parties, where they hold their breath until they pass out.