Members of Congress head home for August recess
Members of Congress are back home for their five-week district work period. The National Rural Health Association encourages rural health leaders across the country to visit the district offices, attend town halls and invite members of Congress to tour rural facilities. The rural health care safety net is in jeopardy. More rural hospitals have closed in the last year than over the past decade and they are continuing to face more challenges with Medicare reductions, failure to expand state Medicaid, and regulatory changes imposed by CMS. Rural hospitals are critical to rural American and provide great value to the rural patient, rural community and taxpayer. Urge your members of Congress to stand up for rural and protect the rural health safety net. NRHA has outlined concerns with the Affordable Care Act, sequestration and the attacks on rural hospitals here