Tennessee could get about $1 billion to invest in its rural health care over the next five years. Gov. Bill Lee and his administration are drumming up excitement for the plan, which they say is an opportunity to rebuild the state’s broken rural health infrastructure.
But some critics are worried there may be strings attached.
On today’s episode of This Is Nashville, our Healthcare Hollow series continues. We’re sorting through the good, the bad and the unknown in this moment of rural health transformation.
Guests:
Arielle Zionts, rural health correspondent, KFF Health News
Jacy Warrell, chief executive officer of the Tennessee Rural Health Association
Jessica Snowden, pediatric infectious disease pediatrician and vice chancellor for research, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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