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rosievee t1_je62q5r wrote

Reply to comment by exactlyw in The Berkshires, Hampden are the least healthy counties in Mass., new study shows by bostonglobe

Oof, I appreciate this post. We're trying to decide where we want to settle in MA and I would not have thought the western MA healthcare was so poor.

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exactlyw t1_je64el2 wrote

Honestly I don't think it was dramatically worse than any other rural area I've lived in. They all suffer from basically the same issues- poor infrastructure, poor access to care, difficulty in attracting applicants to most competitive healthcare roles (including MDs and DOs), underfunded, etc. I've lived in Western MA and Boston (never central MA) and Western MA may as well be a completely different state.

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