We know that health care isn't an ideological football, it's something that our lives depend on. We know what it means when Washington barely mentions how cancer is bearing down on Iowans like a storm front, or Washington [is] not doing anything about how long it can take people to get to a rural hospital that still has a maternity ward. We know the environment isn't some academic concern, not if you know what a CAFO smells like or what it's like to worry about your water, or if you've seen what a derecho can do around here. (10:10–10:25)
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Asserts that there is a lack of federal action on rural healthcare access, specifically maternity wards.
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