Beyond the country music tropes and Bible Belt platitudes, Nashville should be best known for its place in the health care industry.
Headquartered in the city are 16 publicly traded health care companies with a combined $73 billion in global revenue, according to an impact study the Nashville Health Care Council conducted last year.
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