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and Buncombe County that include allegations of emergency room bed shortages and long wait times. Late last month, HCA Healthcare asked a judge to dismiss a federal lawsuit filed by Buncombe County.

A shortage of personal care home beds not only causes long wait times for seniors seeking appropriate places to live, it also ...