"In Rural Appalachia, can health care become the new coal?" PBS NewsHour 12/3/2018

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SUMMARY:  Pikeville is a small city of 6,700 nestled in the mountains of eastern Kentucky--a rural area that has struggled to survive the decline of the coal industry.  Now, local residents are pinning their futures on health care, which is desperately needed for a population whose life expectancy lags years behind the national average.  Amna Nawaz reports for our new series, The Future of Work.