In an emergency situation, fast, reliable health services are a matter of life and death. Yet for many Arkansans, medical providers are often miles away. Improving rural health care access is one of my top priorities, which is why I included a variety of innovative approaches in the Fair Care Act.
We should be supporting rural health clinics and give them the tools needed – from telehealth options to fair Medicare reimbursement rates – to provide rural residents with a high quality of care. I applaud ARHP for their continued work on this issue, and hope to collaborate with them on even more solutions.