Blake Moore: “I thank the gentleman from Georgia for his remarks emphasizing the need for good healthcare. I hear this from several of…”

“I thank the gentleman from Georgia for his remarks emphasizing the need for good healthcare. I hear this from several of my friends, family, and constituents back home. I think one of the most alarming things that we are seeing right now in the healthcare provider world is that--when I grew up, a lot of my friends' parents were physicians. They would always encourage their child to go into medical school and pursue a career that they loved so much. This may just be an anecdote, but I am literally seeing that next generation of current providers saying: Try something different. Again, that may just be my experience. I don't think it is because I have heard a lot of it from other colleagues of mine. We can't look back at this time and say we didn't address this issue of not doing right by our providers, by our rural healthcare and making sure that they have what they need to be able to navigate the costs that are continually increasing and being able to provide for their patients. As Dr. Murphy also talked about, we have to have private practices being able to stay nimble and focused on their specific community and not just build big conglomerates. Small business is the backbone of our Nation, and that needs to exist also in our healthcare market. As I close here, let me just turn to the other topic that we talked heavily about today which is the border.…”