So give more choice to people, and then that veteran's going to a local service provider, which, again, makes that business model a little bit more, a little bit more viable. And here's the problem. The reason why all these rural health systems are going out of business is we're sending everybody to get healthcare services 2 hours away. And if there aren't enough patients for those rural health systems, then they are going to go out of business. So we've got to promote access. (37:18–37:26)
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Asserts that rural health systems are failing because patients are directed to distant healthcare services.
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