When Lyft driver Tramaine Carr transports seniors and sick patients to hospitals in Atlanta, she feels like both a friend and a social worker.
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Rural hospital closures in Georgia have meant people battling cancer and other serious illnesses must now commute two or more hours to treatment facilities in Atlanta, said Bryan Miller, director of psychosocial support services at the Atlanta Cancer Care Foundation, a medical practice offshoot that seeks to alleviate financial burdens for cancer patients and their families.
Lyft also has a health care division, offering programs such as Lyft Assisted and Lyft Concierge to coordinate rides for patients. The estimated total federal and state investment in nonemergency medical transportation was approximately $5 billion in 2019, according to a study by the Texas A&M University Transportation Institute.
Related StoriesThe fact that Uber and Lyft are harder to come by in rural America compounds the lack of medical access in those areas. "When you move to rural areas — which you could argue have a higher need — you see fewer services," Chaiyachati said. But instead of all of that, argued Timothy Crimmins, a history professor emeritus at Georgia State University and a former director of the school's neighborhood-studies center, the best solution would be for Georgia to expand Medicaid, so more rural hospitals would be able to remain open and Georgians could seek medical care close to home.
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