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‘Dead Zones’ Where Internet and Health Care Lag - KFF Health News

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Summary
Nutrition label

79% Informative

Nearly 3 million people live in more than 200 mostly rural counties where in-person care is extremely limited and telehealth is largely out of reach.

Those counties are concentrated in regions often pinpointed for having inadequate services: Appalachia , the rural South , and the remote West .

People who live in these counties tend to be sicker and die earlier than most other Americans .

VR Score

82

Informative language

81

Neutral language

63

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

58

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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