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An Easley, South Carolina, woman died when she was hit by two vehicles in front of a gas station, according to the Pickens County Coroner's Office.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a crash in Pickens County.

ARLINGTON, Ga. (AP)—Nine years after the hospital closed in the southwest Georgia town of Arlington, the worry about health care lurks. Health insurance premiums are high, many residents report poor health, and there’s no guarantee Calhoun County’s sole ambulance will arrive promptly if it’s...

Democrats want Georgia to join 38 other states in expanding the state-federal Medicaid health insurance program to cover all able-bodied adults. To press that point, Democratic Gubernatorial nominee for governor, Stacey Abrams, opened her campaign at the site of a rural Georgia hospital that had closed. 

Dems push Medicaid expansion for left-behind rural Georgia from 41NBC News | WMGT-DT

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ARLINGTON, Ga. (AP) — Nine years after the hospital closed in the southwest Georgia town of Arlington, the worry about health care lurks. Health insurance premiums are high, many residents report poor health and there's no guarantee Calhoun County's sole ambulance will arrive promptly if it's taking a patient to a distant hospital.

Nine years after the hospital closed in the southwest Georgia town of Arlington, the worry about health care lurks. Health insurance premiums are high, many residents report poor health and theres no guarantee Calhoun Countys sole ambulance will arrive promptly if its taking a patient to a distant hospital.

Democrats want Georgia to join 38 other states in expanding the state-federal Medicaid health insurance program to cover all able-bodied adults