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November 21, 2024, is National Rural Health Day! Let's celebrate all we have done and will continue to do to keep rural Arizona healthy. At USDA Rural Development, we believe that everyone should live in a healthy and safe environment. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">The Biden-Harris Administration and USDA are committed to serving those who live in rural areas, like the small towns and communities so
many of us in Arizona call home. Expanding access to quality, affordable health care is essential to creating and sustaining thriving communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">In 2023, USDA awarded a $2.7 million Business & Industry Loan Guarantee to Exceptional Healthcare to construct a facility in Bullhead City,
and earlier this year, we celebrated the ribbon cutting of Exceptional Community Hospital in Bullhead City. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">As part of our Rural Partners Network and funded by a $750,000 USDA grant, the San Carlos Apache Tribe's health program aims to expand maternal
health services to the tribal community. Maternal health and rural community experts from Texas A&M University are leading this initiative in collaboration with the USDA Arizona Rural Partners Network staff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">We're proud of all our partners, hospitals, rural governments, tribal communities, and more, who are dedicated to providing health care resources
rural residents need and deserve. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">You can learn more about USDA’s programs and explore the Rural Health Program Index on
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Exceptional Healthcare is growing in service of rural Arizona. The community hospital provider has recently added facilities in Prescott
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Exceptional Healthcare’s facilities hold in-house lab testing, radiology services, and inpatient care...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Benson Hospital’s telehealth services cut a 100-mile round trip to metropolitan Tucson, allowing residents to focus on what matters most
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Before the pandemic, telehealth was nearly nonexistent in Graham and Cochise County, forcing rural Arizonans in the southeast region to travel
more than 50 miles for health appointments. For cardiac patients, individuals must travel 100 miles roundtrip, twice a week for rehabilitation sessions. Patients and caregivers face geographical challenges, transportation insecurity, and missed working hours
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