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Snowbirds a challenge for health care industry

| 1/10/2017

Snowbirds a challenge for health care industry

As northerners and Canadians retreat southward to avoid the frigid winters, they bring with them a significant impact on Florida's regional and local health care networks as they attempt to provide services for an influx of temporary clients on top of an already full plate of local needs. [Source: Pensacola News Journal]

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