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Hospital beds for the nation’s sickest kids are disappearing

Headline from Montana Free Press

This story also appeared in KFF Health News Hospital units dedicated to treating the nation’s sickest kids are disappearing nationwide. In the past year alone, hospitals have closed pediatric intensive care units for critically ill kids in Montana, Oregon, and Missouri.

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  1. Montana Free Press

    Hospital beds for the nation’s sickest kids are disappearing (opens Montana Free Press)

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    This story also appeared in KFF Health News Hospital units dedicated to treating the nation’s sickest kids are disappearing nationwide. In the past year alone, hospitals have closed pediatric intensive care units for critically ill kids in Montana, Oregon, and Missouri.

  2. Truthout

    Hospitals Nationwide Are Closing Intensive Care Units for Critically Ill Kids (opens Truthout)

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    Pediatricians expect more cutbacks in the wake of federal Medicaid cuts.

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