Liz Carey

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Liz Carey is a veteran journalist with more than 20 years of experience in the field. She has covered government, education, business and agriculture in the past, receiving more than 30 awards for her writing and reporting. A graduate of Miami University, she currently works as a freelance reporter focusing on rural issues, health care and workers’ compensation issues.

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USM study finds rural residents five times more likely to live far from ambulance stations

A first-of-its-kind study found that about half of all residents who live more than 25 minutes from an ambulance station are in rural areas.

ByLiz Carey

August 6, 2023