Also from Merc's post above
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“We are talking about a revolution in primary care here,” Sanders said. Funding community health centers in an additional 10,000 communities would extend primary care to 25 million more Americans. The $10 billion, added at Sanders’ request, would also ensure there would be medical professionals to provide primary care by expanding the National Health Service Corps by an additional 20,000 slots. Doctors, dentists, nurses and other medical professionals who agree to work in areas where there are limited medical services get help paying off their school loans. The House version of the health care reform bill contains $14 billion for these initiatives. Sanders said he was hopeful the final amount, which will be hammered out in negotiations between the House and Senate, would be closer to $14 billion
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I don't know if anyone else has lived in an isolated rural community, but I have. I lived in a very small Colorado town that was 3 1/2 to 4 hours across the mountains to the nearest town with a hospital and other medical facilities. We had one of those little rural health care centers with a real doctor, and it literally saved lives. I cannot believe that anyone would object to providing such services for rural America. There is an entire country out there beyond the beltway, folks.