Iowa Ideas 2020 replay: Rural Health Care Issues

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Oct. 23, 2020 10:29 am, Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 9:09 am

With Iowa's rural health providers seeing challenges even in the best of times, the coronavirus pandemic has brought forth an entire new host of challenges for Iowa's rural health providers. The pause on appointments had a big impact to finances, but how did telehealth help and could some of those changes become permanent? How does Iowa's rural health system go forward from here?

Panelists include: Debra Hoyle, President of the Iowa Rural Health Association; Allan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association; Keith Mueller, University of Iowa Rural Health Policy Institute. Moderator: Craig Gemoules, The Gazette.

This session was part of the 2020 Iowa Ideas Conference presented by ITC and held Oct. 15-16, 2020. This session originally occurred at 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. on Oct. 15, 2020. The two-day conference hosted by The Gazette brings together policy makers, experts and community members passionate about the state's future. For more replays, visit

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