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Article: VA Creating Advisory Panel on Rural Health

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February 20, 2008
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Peake: Were Bringing Care Closer to Veterans

BILLINGS, Mont., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake today announced the creation of a special Rural Health National Advisory Committee to advise him and the senior leaders of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) about health care issues affecting veterans in rural areas.

In the last decade, VA has created outpatient clinics that bring health care closer to where veterans actually live, Peake said. This advisory committee, working within the highest levels of VA, will ensure the Department ...

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