… telehealth services as well as for the Office of Rural Health at the Department of Veterans Affairs. This funding will help reduce barriers to care for rural veterans, as will The bill's provision preventing the VA from closing hospitals, something that I work to include. I'm also pleased to see that the bill continues to fund modernization of veterans health care records by providing funding to triple the number of VA sites that use electronic health records. (01:38–01:43)
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