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Participants at the Feb. 20 town hall meeting on rural health care initiatives included Community Memorial Hospital CEO Rick Breuer and Dr. Vicki Anderson (far left)and Raiter Clinic administrator Craig Ward (seated behind them).
Tony Lourey hasn't forgotten the rural areas he served as state senator.
On one of his first road trips as Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner, Lourey - along with agricultural commissioner Thom Petersen - called a "town hall" meeting in Cloquet last week to discuss proposals put forth by Governor Tim Walz to create broader access to health care coverage and mental health care.
Attended by mostly healthcare professionals along with media, the meeting covered the ONECare Minnesota proposal put forth by Gov. Walz and Lt. Gov. Flanagan in the governor's budget the day before.
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