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Kevin Hern: “Rural patients have trouble finding specialists who are…”

Featuring: Kevin Hern, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 1st Congressional District

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Rep. Hern Speaks on Chronic Disease Prevention & Healthcare Costs in W&M Health Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 00:14

Yes. When Dr. Murphy was talking. I'll come back to that in a minute. Representing a state like Oklahoma showed me how fractured our health care system really is. Rural patients have trouble finding specialists who are nearby or feel a primary care appointment. It's not worth a two hour drive. A couple years ago I saw something incredible at the Oklahoma State University Medical School is doing. It was a great answer to these problems. (00:14–00:21)

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