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A lot of rural areas are like that.

"Rural communities in the more populated areas of the state have problems of their own. In the past 10 years, at least seven rural hospitals have been closed in Kansas and another seven in Missouri, according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina."
"Independence, Kansas, a town of 8,700 in the southeast part of the state, has been without a hospital since 2015. Andy Taylor, editor of the Montgomery County Chronicle there, said he’s watched three hospitals close over the past three decades within his coverage area, which spans over four counties. That’s left tens of thousands of residents with only a few hospitals. Many must venture to metropolitan areas for more complex care."

Wasn't the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act supposed to take care of this lack of medical care and facilities? The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23, 2010.