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Archbishop Marcia Dinkins, PhD

BC Guest Commentator Archbishop Marcia Dinkins, PhD is the Founder and Executive Director of The Black Appalachian Coalition and is a pioneer in addressing the social, political, and racial inequities that persist in Appalachian communities.

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Without Medicaid, How Many Rural Americans Will Die?

By Archbishop Marcia Dinkins, PhD Guest Commentator

The attacks on Medicaid aren’t just policy choices — they’re signing people’s death certificates before they ever see a physician.

This year, my adult daughter in rural Michigan was hospitalized multiple times with a raging infection of her pancreas, spleen, and gallbladder. Surgery saved my daughter’s…

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