Mission Health’s sale to for-profit HCA may be final, but skeptics who pushed back against the deal during the many months of its negotiations aren’t letting up. North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein negotiated stronger protections for the rural hospitals as a result of the state, but there’s still plenty of ‘optimistic skepticism.’ The SEARCH Committee of Yancey and Mitchell counties is one of the loudest voices advocating for greater access to healthcare in rural areas. Risa Larsen says