Our guests this hour are from the Chippewa Valley Healthcare Cooperative, a group of western Wisconsin citizens trying to build a new hospital—after an out-of-state corporation abruptly shut down hospitals in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls last year. What can their experience teach us about the healthcare environment elsewhere in Wisconsin?

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