Linda Gibson poses on the porch of her home in Williamston, N.C., on Thursday, April 11, 2024. The minster and school volunteer says people live in fear since their local hospital closed last summer. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)TROUBLE FOR BIDEN’S HEALTH CARE CAMPAIGN? Health care systems are also grappling with a health care worker shortage that worsened after burned-out employees emerged from the pandemic. The Rural Emergency Hospital program was developed by Congress, signed into law by Trump and finetuned by the Biden administration.
