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Al Lawson: “Nineteen percent of the U.S. population live in rural areas, as most of you know, yet only about 9 or 10 percent of…”

On the recordJuly 19, 2017
Nineteen percent of the U.S. population live in rural areas, as most of you know, yet only about 9 or 10 percent of physicians practice in rural areas.
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Al Lawson
Florida

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Discussing the disparity in healthcare access between rural and urban areas.

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