Earlier this month, Gov. Dan Mckee announced that the federal government awarded $156 million to the state as part of the Rural Health Transformation Program. The grant will be distributed to 13 initiatives aimed toward improving health care in 18 state-designated rural towns.
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The bill will help alleviate the current primary care shortage across the state, a phenomenon that is especially pronounced in rural areas of the state, [spokesperson for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services spokesperson Ashley] O’Shea wrote.