Troy Balderson: "A lot of people are still dealing with lack of access to health care. There are counties o..."

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A lot of people are still dealing with lack of access to health care. There are counties out there, in my former Senate district, that didn’t have doctors and providers.

Troy Balderson · A WBNS-TV program on the 2018 race for Ohio's 12th Congressional District · October 20, 2018 · U.S. Representative, Ohio's 12th District

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Checked against No record retrieved settles this sentence: the Health Resources and Services Administration designates shortage areas by county, but the sentence names no county, and a shortage designation is not the same as having no doctors.

The record: Health Professional Shortage Areas

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Topics: Health Care.

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In Ohio, Troy Balderson brings up a seldom-mentioned health care angle · PolitiFact · 2018-10-30 · accessed 2026-09-25
Health Professional Shortage Areas · Health Resources and Services Administration · accessed 2026-10-15

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