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Rural residents can't access health care in a county full of doctors - The Daily Tar Heel <br />https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2019/01/rural-health-orange-county-0124[2/19/2019 8:06:31 AM] <br />125 Years of Editorial Freedom  <br />Buy PhotosUNC Hospitals are expanding their area and also becoming more crowded. <br />NICHOLAS BAFIA AND NICHOLAS BAFIA <br />1/24/2019, 9:31PM <br />Rural residents can't access health care in a county full of <br />doctors <br />BY AIDAN BENNETT <br />Even though Orange County is home to a major North Carolina hospital, some rural residents still have <br />limited access to health care. <br />These rural areas are typically concentrated in the northern part of the county. A 2015 report by the <br />Orange County Health Department and Healthy Carolinians of Orange County listed lack of medical <br />insurance, clustered health care resources in the south, inadequate transportation, language barriers and <br />Support The Tar Heel ×