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Patrick Morrisey: “West Virginia needs to recruit, retain and retrain. Recruit…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

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Gov. Morrisey Discusses Rural Health Outcomes in Moundsville

Published | Video Starts at 31:05

We think that's important. Then our third initiative focuses on improving workforce. I'm going to say a couple words, I'm going to be repeating them a lot. West Virginia needs to recruit, retain and retrain. Recruit, retain and retrain. We have shortages of a number of healthcare professionals. Primary care physicians, specialists, nurses, pharmacists, lab techs. We need to change that. So what we want to do is we want to continue the existing incentives that the healthcare community has been doing and build upon them. (31:05–31:17)

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Asserts that West Virginia faces shortages of healthcare professionals and needs to recruit, retain, and retrain them.

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