A sizable percentage of California farmworkers are still struggling to get access to health services for themselves and their families.
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The technology isn’t a panacea for all that ails rural health care today. Some areas still lack the required internet connectivity, and critics say telemedicine doesn't enrich a local economy in the way a hospital does, providing jobs and other community goods.
This article was produced as a project for the USC Center for Health Journalism’s California Fellowship.
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