The AHA convened a group of rural hospital leaders in Washington, D.C. to meet with Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee; Pat Roberts, R-Kan., co-chair of the Senate Rural Health Caucus; and John Tester, D-Mont. on the path forward for rural health legislative priorities. Hospital leaders, Senators and the AHA alike took to social media to spread the message to Congress: Protect Rural Health.  

 

 

 

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