Capito and Manchin Highlight Need for Quality Health Care in Rural America

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U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today joined Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) and 34 other senators in sending a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price regarding health care in rural America. The letter emphasizes the importance of rural health care providers and their critical role in rural communities.

"As you take on this new leadership role at HHS, we request that you work with us to ensure that the federal government does not act as an impediment to providing health care in rural communities. Overreaching and onerous regulations from Washington disproportionately harm rural America. We believe that together we can enact and implement effective policies that help providers innovate in care delivery and enable them to make efficient use of available resources," the senators wrote.

In addition to Senators Capito, Manchin, Wicker, Tester, Grassley and Heitkamp, the letter was signed by Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Bob Casey (D-Penn.), Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Dean Heller (R-Nev.) John Hoeven (R-N.D.) Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), Angus King (I-Maine), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), David Perdue (R-Ga.), James Risch (R-Idaho), Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.).

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