Rural Minnesotans have less access to health care providers than their peers in metro areas, a gap that could widen even more with upcoming Mayo clinic closures in Greater Minnesota.

Where are clinics closing?

Mayo Clinic Health System, a network of health care centers in southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, recently announced that it will close clinics in the following cities on Dec. 10: • Belle Plaine • Caledonia • Montgomery • North Mankato • St. Peter • Wells

The health system stated that transitions to other sites are part of a “broader effort to strengthen care delivery across our communities.”

Apart from Belle Plaine, located on the edge of the Twin Cities in Scott County, the other sites are in Greater Minnesota counties. The closures come after the health syst

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