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Luanne Rife
health writer
I write about the businesses, policies, discoveries and inventions that affect the health of people living in southwestern Virginia.
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The Lee County Hospital Authority in Virginia cut its losses with the Florida startup that it partnered with to open and run its hospital.
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In Appalachia, a legacy hospital system is failing to keep people well and remain solvent. Can a new modernized health system take its place?