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Article: Vice President Gore Launches $125M Rural Hospital Program to Improve Health Care in Rural America
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- U.S. Newswire
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- September 10, 1999
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Vice President Al Gore
launched a new Rural Hospital Flexibility Program to improve access
to health care in rural communities and develop networks to expand
and improve health care services.
"For people living in rural communities rural hospitals are a
lifeline, and yet today 20 million Americans in our rural
communities do not have adequate access to quality health care,"
Vice President Gore said. "That is why we are taking this important
step to help assure that rural hospitals can meet the health care
needs of working families."
The new $125 million Rural Hospital Flexibility Program is
designed to bring together local and community based ...