[fzeroracer]

State politics absolutely are driving hospital closures and OB/GYN deserts because the 'desirable places' metrics includes places that won't prosecute doctors for routine prenatal care. That's literally why we're seeing Texas and Florida suffer from an increasing lack of OB/GYN care.

I don't dispute the rest of your arguments about healthcare, but you cannot fix education and/or brain drain without fixing state politics.

[jmye]

These issues were occurring before Dobbs - suggesting that’s a major driver in the long term creation of care deserts is incorrect.

Hospitals are not closing because of shitty prenatal laws. They’re closing because reimbursement rates are insufficient, in part, because we’ve allowed too much consolidation, in part, and because there aren’t doctors/nurses who want to live in the sticks and make peanuts.