This morning, Kimberly Adams visits one town in Alabama to hear what happens to access to vital health care when a hospital closes its doors.
Subscribe:AppleSpotifyAmazonRSSJun 8, 2026This morning, Kimberly Adams visits one town in Alabama to hear what happens to access to vital health care when a hospital closes its doors.
DownloadThomasville Mayor Sheldon Day, right, speaks with "Marketplace Morning Report" host Kimberly Adams. Alex Schroeder/Marketplace
Today, we have a dispatch from Thomasville, Alabama, where residents reflect on living in a place where healthcare isn’t easily…
The Thomasville Regional Medical Center opened in 2020, with state-of-the-art facilities. It closed less than five years later…
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