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The sick and poor in Appalachia are flocking to free health clinics. They've been left out of the health care debate in Washington. At a recent clinic in southwestern Virginia, hundreds came for ...

The demise of the coal industry left much of Appalachia in economic tatters, with lost jobs, spoiled water, and depopulated communities across the coalfields of Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia.