Rural Health Care Summit Discusses Workforce Policy Solutions – High Plains Journal

(Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

At the recent Future of Rural Health Care Summit, the legislative foresight session delved deeper into key health workforce policy solutions. The panel included Clifton Porter, senior vice president of government affairs for the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living, and Travis Robey, vice president of policy affairs for the …

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Another Voice: Congress Must Protect Access to Health Care for Our Nation’s Veterans

Another Voice: Congress Must Protect Access to Health Care for Our Nation's Veterans

Growing up in rural Wayne County, the only medical professionals available were physician assistants. I didn’t see a doctor until I was 18. Access to health care was difficult to obtain, and this is still a reality today. Now, a proposed change to Department of Veterans Affairs rules could make matters worse for our nation’s …

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