------=_Part_1185044199_1627945162.1565636930856
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="----=_Part_1185044204_337635109.1565636930856"

------=_Part_1185044204_337635109.1565636930856
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


[[link removed]]
[[link removed]
owa/]
Securing Quality Care:=C2=A0Rural Health in Iowa=C2=A0

Tuesday, August 13, 2019
3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. CT
Add to Calendar [[link removed]
/files/savethedatesecuringqualitycareruralhealthiniowa.ics?1564688715195]

UnityPoint Health=C2=A0=E2=80=93 Des Moines
Education & Research Center
Virginia Thompson Auditorium
1415 Woodland Avenue
Des Moines, IA 503

Get Directions [[link removed]
-center-directions.aspx]

=C2=A0
Can't join us in person?=C2=A0Register to watch the live webcast at 4:30 p.=
m. ET (3:30 p.m. CT).

Register for webcast here: [link removed]
entid=3D{E613EA3D-E3B2-E911-A987-000D3A18C42E}
=C2=A0

Keynote remarks by:=C2=A0

Sen. Chuck Grassley | United States Senator=C2=A0=C2=A0

Panel discussion with:=C2=A0

Dawn Bach | Heart Patient; Chief Clinical Officer, Buena Vista Medical Cent=
er
Ed Friedmann | Administrator and Physician Assistant, Redfield Medical Clin=
ic
Jennifer McKay, M.D.=C2=A0| Medical Information Officer, Avera Health
James Roetman | CEO, Pocahontas Community Hospital
Susan K. Thompson =C2=A0| Senior Vice President, Integration and Optimizati=
on, UnityPoint Health
Marilyn Serafini | Director, Health Project, Bipartisan Policy Center; Mode=
rator
=C2=A0
=C2=A0
Please join the Bipartisan Policy Center in=C2=A0Des Moines=C2=A0for an imp=
ortant event=C2=A0with=C2=A0Sen. Chuck Grassley=C2=A0about the barriers tha=
t rural Iowans face in securing quality health care. Following the senator'=
s remarks, a panel of local health care experts will discuss the shortage o=
f physicians and clinicians in rural areas and the promise of telehealth an=
d what it means for patients to have virtual visits with a doctor, nurse, o=
r other clinicians.

Since January 2010, more than 100 rural hospitals have closed throughout th=
e United States, and an additional 647 are at risk of folding, including 17=
hospitals in Iowa [[link removed]
thcare/2019/navigant-rural-hospital-analysis-22019.pdf]. Statistics from th=
e Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the 60 million Ameri=
cans living in rural areas are at a greater risk of dying from heart diseas=
e, cancer, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory disease than those living =
in urban and suburban areas.

This event will help inform BPC=E2=80=99s Rural Health Task Force [[link removed]
bipartisanpolicy.org/press-release/new-poll-by-bpc-and-american-heart-assoc=
iation-shows-rural-health-may-be-a-powerful-issue-in-2020-election/], which=
is=C2=A0developing policy solutions to rural America=E2=80=99s health care=
challenges, including=C2=A0rightsizing health care services that better fi=
t a community=E2=80=99s needs,=C2=A0creating appropriate payment models for=
services,=C2=A0strengthening the rural workforce, and=C2=A0expanding telem=
edicine services. The task force is co-chaired by former South Dakota Sen. =
Tom Daschle, former Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, former Mississippi Gov. Ronni=
e Musgrove, and former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson.=C2=A0=C2=A0

[[link removed]{E613EA3D-E3B2-E91=
1-A987-000D3A18C42E}]
=C2=A0
[[link removed]]

Bipartisan Policy Center

1225 Eye Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, D.C. xxxxxx
(202) 204-2400 |=C2=A0bipartisanpolicy.org [[link removed]
/]
Follow BPC: Twitter [[link removed]] | Facebook [https:=
//www.facebook.com/BipartisanPolicyCenter] | Instagram [[link removed]
m/bpc_bipartisan]
Support Us [[link removed]]=C2=A0|=C2=
=A0 Profile & Subscription Preferences [[link removed]
artisanpolicyorg-a5ii9/pages/ig6q6pzyeekkphjjtrd9vq.html]=C2=A0| Unsubscrib=
e [[link removed]
ZTNjYjdmM2IzZTQ0NWM5YWExNGNhMDFjMGFhM2Mx%3AYi5pZ2phY2tidWx3YXJrQGdtYWlsLmNv=
bQ%3AY29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYTE4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZj=
k0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OQ%3An%3An%3AVu6ql6Yk0CskWQYT4qCGuA]
------=_Part_1185044204_337635109.1565636930856
Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN' '[link removed]
w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd'><html xmlns=3D'[link removed]
org/1999/xhtml' xmlns:v=3D'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml' xmlns:o=3D'urn:sc=
hemas-microsoft-com:office:office'
><head><style type=3D'text/css'>
span.preheader { display:none !important; visibility:hidden;line-height:0; =
opacity:0; color:transparent; height:0; width:0; }
</style>
<meta http-equiv=3D'Content-Type' content=3D'text/html; charset=3Dutf-8'><s=
tyle type=3D'text/css'>table[id=3Dpage] {
min-width: 600px !important;
}
@media only screen and (max-width: 640px){
body,table,td,div,p,a,li,blockquote{
=09=09=09-webkit-text-size-adjust:none !important;
=09=09}

td[id=3DpageContainer] ul {
margin: 0 !important;
padding-left: 18px !important;
padding-right: 18px !important;
line-height: 125% !important;
}

td[id=3DpageContainer] ol {
margin: 0 !important;
padding-left: 22px !important;
padding-right: 22px !important;
line-height: 125% !important;
}

=09=09table[id=3Dpage]{
width:100% !important;
=09=09=09min-width: 100% !important;
}
img[class*=3DcdImage]{
width:100% !important;
height:auto !important;
}
img[class*=3DcdSocialImg]
{
width:32px !important;
height:32px !important;
}
td[class*=3DcdTextOnLeftRightContainer]{
display:block !important;
=09=09=09max-width:600px !important;
width: inherit !important;
}

td[class*=3DcdImageOnLeftRightContainer]{
display:block !important;
=09=09=09max-width:600px !important;
=09=09=09width:100% !important;
}
td[class*=3DcdColumnsContainer]{
=09=09=09display:block !important;
=09=09=09max-width:600px !important;
=09=09=09width:100% !important;
=09=09}
table[class*=3DcdColumnContainer]{
=09=09=09max-width:600px !important;
=09=09=09width:100% !important;
=09=09}
table[class*=3DcdSidebarTable]{
=09=09=09max-width:600px !important;
=09=09=09width:100% !important;
=09=09}
td[class*=3DcdSidebarContainer]{
=09=09=09display:block !important;
=09=09=09max-width:600px !important;
=09=09=09width:100% !important;
=09=09}
td[class*=3DcdSidebarBodyContainer]{
=09=09=09display:block !important;
=09=09=09max-width:600px !important;
=09=09=09width:100% !important;
border-left:0 !important;
=09=09=09border-right:0 !important;
=09=09}
td[class*=3DcdSidebar]{
=09=09=09border-left:0 !important;
=09=09=09border-right:0 !important;
=09=09}
table[class*=3DcdTableContent]{
=09=09=09max-width:600px !important;
=09=09=09width:100% !important;
=09=09}

td[class*=3DcdBlockContainer]{
padding-top: 0px !important;
padding-bottom: 0px !important;
=09=09}
table[class*=3DcdSidebarBodyInner]{
=09=09=09max-width:600px !important;
=09=09=09width:100% !important;
=09=09}
=09=09table[class*=3DcdSidebarInner]{
=09=09=09max-width:600px !important;
=09=09=09width:100% !important;
}

.cdPreheaderContainer td[class*=3DcdTextContent] div{
=09=09=09font-size:14px !important;
=09 }
.cdFooterContainer td[class*=3DcdTextContent] div{
=09=09=09font-size:14px !important;
=09=09}
.cdHeaderContainer td[class*=3DcdTextContent] div{
=09=09=09font-size:18px !important;
}
.cdBodyContainer td[class*=3DcdTextContent] div{
=09=09=09font-size:18px !important;
}
.cdColumnContainer td[class*=3DcdTextContent] div{
=09=09=09font-size:18px !important;
}
.cdSidebarContainer td[class*=3DcdTextContent] div{
=09=09=09font-size:18px !important;
}
.cdSidebarBodyContainer td[class*=3DcdTextContent] div{
=09=09=09font-size:18px !important;
}
td[class*=3DcdTextContent] *:not(h1):not(h2):not(h3):not(h4):not(h5)=
:not(h6){
=09=09=09line-height:125% !important;
}
=09=09 h1{
=09=09=09font-size:32px !important;
line-height:110% !important;
}
h2{
=09=09=09font-size:24px !important;
line-height:110% !important;
}
h3{
=09=09=09font-size:20px !important;
line-height:110% !important;
}
h4{
=09=09=09font-size:16px !important;
line-height:110% !important;
}
h5{
=09=09=09font-size:16px !important;
line-height:110% !important;
}
h6{
=09=09=09font-size:16px !important;
line-height:110% !important;
}
}</style></head><body style=3D"margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 25=
5)"><span class=3D'preheader' style=3D'display: none !important; visibility=
: line-height:0; hidden; opacity: 0; color: transparent; height: 0; width: =
0;'>Watch live webcast! =
=
</span><img src=3D"[link removed]
M6TURJdFlqRTVNakkwTFdaalpUTmpZamRtTTJJelpUUTBOV001WVdFeE5HTmhNREZqTUdGaE0yT=
Xg6WWk1cFoycGhZMnRpZFd4M1lYSnJRR2R0WVdsc0xtTnZiUTpZMjl1ZEdGamRDMDVZVFl4TlRK=
aE16ZGpZV0ZsT1RFeFlUazNaakF3TUdRellURTRZMkkwTnkwMVpqVmlaRGMwWldJeFpqazBZbVE=
0WVdJeE5XWXhNbUppWW1abU9UVTBPUQ/MQUt5Klh70Zm5Z2fhTbfBg" width=3D"1" height=
=3D"1" /><img src=3D"[link removed]
URJdFlqRTVNakkwTFdaalpUTmpZamRtTTJJelpUUTBOV001WVdFeE5HTmhNREZqTUdGaE0yTXg6=
WWk1cFoycGhZMnRpZFd4M1lYSnJRR2R0WVdsc0xtTnZiUTpZMjl1ZEdGamRDMDVZVFl4TlRKaE1=
6ZGpZV0ZsT1RFeFlUazNaakF3TUdRellURTRZMkkwTnkwMVpqVmlaRGMwWldJeFpqazBZbVE0WV=
dJeE5XWXhNbUppWW1abU9UVTBPUQ/MQUt5Klh70Zm5Z2fhTbfBg" width=3D"1" height=3D"=
1" />
<div class=3D"content" style=3D"height: 100%;">
<div style=3D"background: #fff; margin: 0px; height: 100%;"=
>

<table style=3D"width: 100%;min-width: 100%; height: 10=
0%; margin: 0 auto; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; padding: =
0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" =
cellpadding=3D"0" width=3D"100%">
<tbody><tr>
<td id=3D"pageContainer" style=3D"padding-top: =
30px; padding-bottom: 30px; width: 100%; text-align: left; background-color=
: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top: 0px none rgb(255, 255, 255);">

<div class=3D"previewContainer">
<div class=3D"regularPreview">
<center>
<table id=3D"page" style=3D"dir=
ection: ltr; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(224, 224, 224); width:=
600px; margin: auto; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; paddi=
ng: 0px; vertical-align: top; border-width: 0px; border-color: rgb(255, 255=
, 255); border-style: none;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" class=3D"H=
eadingContainer">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px;">
<table style=3D"margin: auto;border-collapse:collapse;width: 10=
0%;min-width: 100%; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px;" cellspacing=3D"0" cell=
padding=3D"0">=20
<tbody>
=20
<tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px;=
vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width: 600px; min-width: 100%; bord=
er-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none =
transparent; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" ce=
llspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" class=3D"cdPreheaderContainer cdTableCont=
ent PreheaderLinksStyle PreheaderAnchorsStyle">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 100%; line-heig=
ht: 20px; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px;" cla=
ss=3D"Preheader">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;paddin=
g: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-wi=
dth:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"width:100%;border: 0px none transparent; padd=
ing: 0px; vertical-align: top;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spaci=
ng: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width=
:100%;min-width:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0"><tbody>
<tr class=3D"block10">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding:0px;border: 0px none transparent; vertical=
-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%; min-width:100%; padding: 0px;">
=20
<section>
<table style=3D"width: 100%;min-width:100%; border-collapse: collapse; =
border-spacing: 0; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-ali=
gn: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;=
width: 100%; text-align: center; padding: 9px 18px;">
<a href=3D"[link removed]
M3Mzc%3AMDItYjE5MjI0LWZjZTNjYjdmM2IzZTQ0NWM5YWExNGNhMDFjMGFhM2Mx%3AYi5pZ2ph=
Y2tidWx3YXJrQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3AY29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYT=
E4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AMA%3A%3AaH=
R0cDovL2JpcGFydGlzYW5wb2xpY3kub3JnLz9fY2xkZWU9WWk1cFoycGhZMnRpZFd4M1lYSnJRR=
2R0WVdsc0xtTnZiUSUzZCUzZCZyZWNpcGllbnRpZD1jb250YWN0LTlhNjE1MmEzN2NhYWU5MTFh=
OTdmMDAwZDNhMThjYjQ3LTVmNWJkNzRlYjFmOTRiZDhhYjE1ZjEyYmJiZmY5NTQ5JnV0bV9zb3V=
yY2U9Q2xpY2tEaW1lbnNpb25zJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVJ1cmFsJT=
IwSGVhbHRoJTIwJTdDJTIwU2VjdXJpbmclMjBRdWFsaXR5JTIwQ2FyZSUzQSUyMFJ1cmFsJTIwS=
GVhbHRoJTIwaW4lMjBJb3dhJTIwJTdDJTIwMDguMTMuMTkmZXNpZD03ODFiMjRlNS0yZGJkLWU5=
MTEtYTk3Zi0wMDBkM2ExOGM3MzI&K=3DQtX_z2t4HUZvhHzIQqtakQ" title=3D"" style=3D=
"font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #007FB7;text-decoration: und=
erline;">
<img class=3D"cdImage" src=3D"[link removed]
ons.com/bipartisanpolicyorg-a5ii9/files/1.bpclogo.png?1542315600255" alt=3D=
"Bipartisan Policy Center" title=3D"Bipartisan Policy Center" width=3D"251"=
height=3D"68" style=3D"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 2=
51px; width: 251px; height: 68px; border: 0px none transparent; display: bl=
ock;">
</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</section>
=20
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
=20

=20
<tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px=
; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width: 600px; min-width: 100%; bord=
er-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none =
transparent; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" ce=
llspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" class=3D"cdHeaderContainer cdTableContent=
HeaderLinksStyle HeaderAnchorsStyle">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 100%; line-heig=
ht: 20px; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px;" cla=
ss=3D"Header">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;paddin=
g: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-wi=
dth:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"width:100%;border: 0px none transparent; padd=
ing: 0px; vertical-align: top;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spaci=
ng: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width=
:100%;min-width:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0"><tbody>
<tr class=3D"block12">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding:0px;border: 0px none transparent; vertical=
-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%; min-width:100%; padding: 0px;">
=20
<section>
<table style=3D"width: 100%;min-width:100%; border-collapse: collapse; =
border-spacing: 0; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-ali=
gn: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;=
width: 100%; text-align: center; padding: 0px;">
<a href=3D"[link removed]
M3Mzc%3AMDItYjE5MjI0LWZjZTNjYjdmM2IzZTQ0NWM5YWExNGNhMDFjMGFhM2Mx%3AYi5pZ2ph=
Y2tidWx3YXJrQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3AY29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYT=
E4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AMQ%3A%3AaH=
R0cHM6Ly9iaXBhcnRpc2FucG9saWN5Lm9yZy9ldmVudC9zZWN1cmluZy1xdWFsaXR5LWNhcmUtc=
nVyYWwtaGVhbHRoLWluLWlvd2EvP19jbGRlZT1ZaTVwWjJwaFkydGlkV3gzWVhKclFHZHRZV2xz=
TG1OdmJRJTNkJTNkJnJlY2lwaWVudGlkPWNvbnRhY3QtOWE2MTUyYTM3Y2FhZTkxMWE5N2YwMDB=
kM2ExOGNiNDctNWY1YmQ3NGViMWY5NGJkOGFiMTVmMTJiYmJmZjk1NDkmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1DbG=
lja0RpbWVuc2lvbnMmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249UnVyYWwlMjBIZWFsd=
GglMjAlN0MlMjBTZWN1cmluZyUyMFF1YWxpdHklMjBDYXJlJTNBJTIwUnVyYWwlMjBIZWFsdGgl=
MjBpbiUyMElvd2ElMjAlN0MlMjAwOC4xMy4xOSZlc2lkPTc4MWIyNGU1LTJkYmQtZTkxMS1hOTd=
mLTAwMGQzYTE4YzczMg&K=3Dbgpq4N3A3M_yQTrBh1w7dA" title=3D"" style=3D"font-st=
yle: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #007FB7;text-decoration: underline;"=
>
<img class=3D"cdImage" src=3D"[link removed]
ons.com/bipartisanpolicyorg-a5ii9/files/shutterstock_157475129.jpg?15645039=
51781" alt=3D"" title=3D"" width=3D"600" height=3D"250" style=3D"margin-lef=
t: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px; height: 250px;=
border: 0px none transparent; display: block;">
</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</section>
=20
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr class=3D"block13">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertic=
al-align: top; width: 100%; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(59, 9=
7, 140); font-family: Georgia; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255=
); line-height: 25px;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%;min-width:100%; padding: 0px;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; paddi=
ng: 9px 18px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 100=
%; min-width:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td class=3D"cdTextContent" style=3D"border: 0px solid tran=
sparent; vertical-align: top; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; padding: 9px 18=
px; text-align: center;">
<div class=3D"individualblock13" style=3D"color: rgb(25=
5, 255, 255); font-family: Georgia; font-style: italic; font-size: 11px; li=
ne-height: 25px;">

=09<title></title>

<span style=3D"font-size:36px;"><strong>Securing Quality Care:=C2=A0<br>
Rural Health in Iowa=C2=A0</strong></span>

</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>=20
=20
=20
=20
<tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; vertical-align=
: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width: 600px; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: co=
llapse; border-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ve=
rtical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" cellspacing=3D"0"=
cellpadding=3D"0" class=3D"cdBodyContainer cdTableContent BodyLinksStyle B=
odyAnchorsStyle">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 100%; line-heig=
ht: 20px; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px;" cla=
ss=3D"Body">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;paddin=
g: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-wi=
dth:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"width:100%;border: 0px none transparent; padd=
ing: 0px; vertical-align: top;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spaci=
ng: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width=
:100%;min-width:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0"><tbody>
<tr class=3D"block15">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding:0px;border: 0px none transparent; vertical=
-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%;min-width:100%; padding: 0px;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; paddi=
ng: 9px 18px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 100=
%; min-width:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td class=3D"cdTextContent" style=3D"border: 0px solid tran=
sparent; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;min-width: 100%;padding: 9px 18px=
9px 18px; ">
<div class=3D"individualblock15" style=3D"color: rgb(80=
, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;"></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
=20
=20
=20
=20
<tr>
<td style=3D"padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 100%; background=
-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; line-heigh=
t: 20px; color: rgb(80, 80, 80);">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding=
: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-wid=
th:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; ve=
rtical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table class=3D"cdColumnContainer" cellspacing=3D"0" ce=
llpadding=3D"0" style=3D"width:600px;border-collapse:collapse; border-spaci=
ng: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;">
<tbody><tr>
<td class=3D"cdColumnsContainer" style=3D"borde=
r: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:300px;">
<table class=3D"cdColumnContainer cdTableCo=
ntent Column1LinksStyle Column1AnchorsStyle" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=
=3D"0" style=3D"width:100%;min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse; border-=
spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;=
">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 100%; line-heig=
ht: 20px; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px;" cla=
ss=3D"Column1">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;paddin=
g: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-wi=
dth:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"width:100%;border: 0px none transparent; padd=
ing: 0px; vertical-align: top;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spaci=
ng: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width=
:100%;min-width:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0"><tbody>
<tr class=3D"block19">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding:0px;border: 0px none transparent; vertical=
-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%; min-width:100%; padding: 0px;">
=20
<section>
<table style=3D"width: 100%;min-width:100%; border-collapse: collapse; =
border-spacing: 0; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-ali=
gn: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;=
width: 100%; text-align: left; padding: 0px;">
<a style=3D"color: #505050;">
<img class=3D"cdImage" src=3D"[link removed]
ons.com/bipartisanpolicyorg-a5ii9/files/h_when.png" alt=3D"" title=3D"" wid=
th=3D"116" height=3D"27" style=3D"float: left; max-width: 116px; width: 116=
px; height: 27px; border: 0px none transparent; display: block;">
</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</section>
=20
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr class=3D"block20">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding:0px;border: 0px none transparent; vertical=
-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%;min-width:100%; padding: 0px;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; paddi=
ng: 9px 18px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 100=
%; min-width:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td class=3D"cdTextContent" style=3D"border: 0px solid tran=
sparent; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;min-width: 100%;padding: 9px 18px=
9px 18px; ">
<div class=3D"individualblock20" style=3D"color: rgb(80=
, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">

=09<title></title>

<span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><span style=3D"color:#5F6062;"><strong><spa=
n style=3D"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Tuesday, August 13, 2019=
<br>
3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. CT</span></strong></span></span><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"[link removed]
MjI0LWZjZTNjYjdmM2IzZTQ0NWM5YWExNGNhMDFjMGFhM2Mx%3AYi5pZ2phY2tidWx3YXJrQGdt=
YWlsLmNvbQ%3AY29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYTE4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZD=
c0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AMg%3A%3AaHR0cDovL2ZpbGVzLm=
NsaWNrZGltZW5zaW9ucy5jb20vYmlwYXJ0aXNhbnBvbGljeW9yZy1hNWlpOS9maWxlcy9zYXZld=
GhlZGF0ZXNlY3VyaW5ncXVhbGl0eWNhcmVydXJhbGhlYWx0aGluaW93YS5pY3M_MTU2NDY4ODcx=
NTE5NSZfY2xkZWU9WWk1cFoycGhZMnRpZFd4M1lYSnJRR2R0WVdsc0xtTnZiUSUzZCUzZCZyZWN=
pcGllbnRpZD1jb250YWN0LTlhNjE1MmEzN2NhYWU5MTFhOTdmMDAwZDNhMThjYjQ3LTVmNWJkNz=
RlYjFmOTRiZDhhYjE1ZjEyYmJiZmY5NTQ5JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Q2xpY2tEaW1lbnNpb25zJnV0b=
V9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVJ1cmFsJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwJTdDJTIwU2VjdXJp=
bmclMjBRdWFsaXR5JTIwQ2FyZSUzQSUyMFJ1cmFsJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwaW4lMjBJb3dhJTIwJTd=
DJTIwMDguMTMuMTkmZXNpZD03ODFiMjRlNS0yZGJkLWU5MTEtYTk3Zi0wMDBkM2ExOGM3MzI&K=
=3DcdE5DBMAj3-2mNYkn-ViUA" style=3D"font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;=
color: #007FB7;text-decoration: underline;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"=
><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><strong><font color=
=3D"#3d618b">Add to Calendar</font></strong></span></span></a>

</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr class=3D"block21">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding:0px;border: 0px none transparent; vertical=
-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%; min-width:100%; padding: 0px;">
=20
<section>
<table style=3D"width: 100%;min-width:100%; border-collapse: collapse; =
border-spacing: 0; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-ali=
gn: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;=
width: 100%; text-align: center; padding: 0px;">
<a style=3D"color: #505050;">
<img class=3D"cdImage" src=3D"[link removed]
ons.com/bipartisanpolicyorg-a5ii9/files/red_bar.png" alt=3D"" title=3D"" wi=
dth=3D"289" height=3D"2" style=3D"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; ma=
x-width: 289px; width: 289px; height: 2px; border: 0px none transparent; di=
splay: block;">
</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</section>
=20
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
<td class=3D"cdColumnsContainer" style=3D"borde=
r: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:300px;">
<table class=3D"cdColumnContainer cdTableCo=
ntent Column2LinksStyle Column2AnchorsStyle" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=
=3D"0" style=3D"width:100%;min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse; border-=
spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;=
">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 100%; line-heig=
ht: 20px; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px;" cla=
ss=3D"Column2">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;paddin=
g: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-wi=
dth:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"width:100%;border: 0px none transparent; padd=
ing: 0px; vertical-align: top;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spaci=
ng: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width=
:100%;min-width:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0"><tbody>
<tr class=3D"block25">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding:0px;border: 0px none transparent; vertical=
-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%; min-width:100%; padding: 0px;">
=20
<section>
<table style=3D"width: 100%;min-width:100%; border-collapse: collapse; =
border-spacing: 0; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-ali=
gn: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;=
width: 100%; text-align: left; padding: 0px;">
<a style=3D"color: #505050;">
<img class=3D"cdImage" src=3D"[link removed]
ons.com/bipartisanpolicyorg-a5ii9/files/h_where.png" alt=3D"" title=3D"" wi=
dth=3D"116" height=3D"27" style=3D"float: left; max-width: 116px; width: 11=
6px; height: 27px; border: 0px none transparent; display: block;">
</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</section>
=20
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr class=3D"block26">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding:0px;border: 0px none transparent; vertical=
-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%;min-width:100%; padding: 0px;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; paddi=
ng: 9px 18px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 100=
%; min-width:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td class=3D"cdTextContent" style=3D"border: 0px solid tran=
sparent; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;min-width: 100%;padding: 9px 18px=
9px 18px; ">
<div class=3D"individualblock26" style=3D"color: rgb(80=
, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">

=09<title></title>

<span style=3D"color:#5F6062;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><span style=
=3D"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><strong>UnityPoint Health=C2=A0=
=E2=80=93 Des Moines<br>
Education & Research Center<br>
Virginia Thompson Auditorium</strong><br>
1415 Woodland Avenue<br>
Des Moines, IA 50309</span></span></span><br>
<a href=3D"[link removed]
MjI0LWZjZTNjYjdmM2IzZTQ0NWM5YWExNGNhMDFjMGFhM2Mx%3AYi5pZ2phY2tidWx3YXJrQGdt=
YWlsLmNvbQ%3AY29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYTE4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZD=
c0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AMw%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudW=
5pdHlwb2ludC5vcmcvZGVzbW9pbmVzL2VkdWNhdGlvbi1hbmQtcmVzZWFyY2gtY2VudGVyLWRpc=
mVjdGlvbnMuYXNweD9fY2xkZWU9WWk1cFoycGhZMnRpZFd4M1lYSnJRR2R0WVdsc0xtTnZiUSUz=
ZCUzZCZyZWNpcGllbnRpZD1jb250YWN0LTlhNjE1MmEzN2NhYWU5MTFhOTdmMDAwZDNhMThjYjQ=
3LTVmNWJkNzRlYjFmOTRiZDhhYjE1ZjEyYmJiZmY5NTQ5JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Q2xpY2tEaW1lbn=
Npb25zJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVJ1cmFsJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwJTdDJ=
TIwU2VjdXJpbmclMjBRdWFsaXR5JTIwQ2FyZSUzQSUyMFJ1cmFsJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwaW4lMjBJ=
b3dhJTIwJTdDJTIwMDguMTMuMTkmZXNpZD03ODFiMjRlNS0yZGJkLWU5MTEtYTk3Zi0wMDBkM2E=
xOGM3MzI&K=3DlFK8rG-IPASU_arcr3iV0A" style=3D"font-style: normal;font-weigh=
t: normal;color: #007FB7;text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style=
=3D"font-size:14px;"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"=
>Get Directions</span></span></strong></a>

</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr class=3D"block27">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding:0px;border: 0px none transparent; vertical=
-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%; min-width:100%; padding: 0px;">
=20
<section>
<table style=3D"width: 100%;min-width:100%; border-collapse: collapse; =
border-spacing: 0; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-ali=
gn: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;=
width: 100%; text-align: center; padding: 0px;">
<a style=3D"color: #505050;">
<img class=3D"cdImage" src=3D"[link removed]
ons.com/bipartisanpolicyorg-a5ii9/files/blue_bar.png" alt=3D"" title=3D"" w=
idth=3D"289" height=3D"2" style=3D"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; m=
ax-width: 289px; width: 289px; height: 2px; border: 0px none transparent; d=
isplay: block;">
</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</section>
=20
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
=20
=20
=20
=20
=20
=20
<tr>
<td clickdimensions=3D"true" style=3D"padding: 0px; vert=
ical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width: 600px; min-width: 100%; bor=
der-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: =
top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=
=3D"0" class=3D"cdFooterContainer cdTableContent FooterLinksStyle FooterAnc=
horsStyle">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 100%; line-heig=
ht: 20px; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px;" cla=
ss=3D"Footer">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;paddin=
g: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-wi=
dth:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"width:100%;border: 0px none transparent; padd=
ing: 0px; vertical-align: top;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spaci=
ng: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width=
:100%;min-width:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0"><tbody>
<tr class=3D"block35">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertic=
al-align: top; width: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%; padding: 5px 18px 0px;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; ver=
tical-align: top; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-top: 0px solid rgb(2=
55, 255, 255);" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; ve=
rtical-align: top; width: 100%; height: 1px; font-size: 0; line-height: 0;"=
>=C2=A0</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr class=3D"block36">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding:0px;border: 0px none transparent; vertical=
-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px transparent none; padding: 0px;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; paddi=
ng: 9px 18px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 100=
%;min-width:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td class=3D"cdTextOnLeftRightContainer cdTextContent" styl=
e=3D"border: 0px solid transparent; vertical-align: top; padding: 9px 18px;=
color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: =
20px;">
<div class=3D"individualblock36">

=09<title></title>

<em><span style=3D"color:#5f6061;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><span st=
yle=3D"line-height:107%"><span style=3D"font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><st=
rong>Can't join us in person?</strong>=C2=A0</span></span></span></span></e=
m><span style=3D"color:#5f6061;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><span styl=
e=3D"line-height:107%"><span style=3D"font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Regis=
ter to watch the live webcast at 4:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. CT).</span></span>=
</span></span>

</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
=20
=20
<td style=3D"width: 100%; border: 0px solid transparent; ve=
rtical-align: top; padding: 0px;">
<section>
<table style=3D"width: 100%;min-width:100%; border-collapse: collapse; =
border-spacing: 0; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-ali=
gn: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;=
width: 100%; text-align: center; padding: 9px 18px;">
<a href=3D"[link removed]
M3Mzc%3AMDItYjE5MjI0LWZjZTNjYjdmM2IzZTQ0NWM5YWExNGNhMDFjMGFhM2Mx%3AYi5pZ2ph=
Y2tidWx3YXJrQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3AY29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYT=
E4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OQ%3AZmFsc2U%3ANA%3A%3AaH=
R0cDovL2JwY2V2ZW50cy5jbG91ZGFwcC5uZXQvUGFnZXMvSG9tZS5hc3B4P2V2ZW50aWQ9e0U2M=
TNFQTNELUUzQjItRTkxMS1BOTg3LTAwMEQzQTE4QzQyRX0mX2NsZGVlPVlpNXBaMnBoWTJ0aWRX=
eDNZWEpyUUdkdFlXbHNMbU52YlElM2QlM2QmcmVjaXBpZW50aWQ9Y29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzd=
jYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYTE4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OS=
Z1dG1fc291cmNlPUNsaWNrRGltZW5zaW9ucyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnb=
j1SdXJhbCUyMEhlYWx0aCUyMCU3QyUyMFNlY3VyaW5nJTIwUXVhbGl0eSUyMENhcmUlM0ElMjBS=
dXJhbCUyMEhlYWx0aCUyMGluJTIwSW93YSUyMCU3QyUyMDA4LjEzLjE5JmVzaWQ9NzgxYjI0ZTU=
tMmRiZC1lOTExLWE5N2YtMDAwZDNhMThjNzMy&K=3DZpzrSPqDbhXdxXZJQI69aw" title=3D"=
" style=3D"font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #007FB7;text-decor=
ation: underline;">
<img class=3D"cdImage" src=3D"[link removed]
ons.com/bipartisanpolicyorg-a5ii9/files/copyofwebcasttest1b42b.png" alt=3D"=
" title=3D"" width=3D"121" height=3D"40" style=3D"margin-left: auto; margin=
-right: auto; max-width: 121px; width: 121px; height: 40px; border: 0px non=
e transparent; display: block;">
</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</section>
</td>
=20
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr class=3D"block37">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertic=
al-align: top; width: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%; padding: 5px 18px;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; ver=
tical-align: top; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-top: 0px solid rgb(2=
55, 255, 255);" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; ve=
rtical-align: top; width: 100%; height: 1px; font-size: 0; line-height: 0;"=
>=C2=A0</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr class=3D"block38">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding:0px;border: 0px none transparent; vertical=
-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%; min-width:100%; padding: 0px;">
=20
<section>
<table style=3D"width: 100%;min-width:100%; border-collapse: collapse; =
border-spacing: 0; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-ali=
gn: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;=
width: 100%; text-align: center; padding: 0px;">
<a style=3D"color: #505050;">
<img class=3D"cdImage" src=3D"[link removed]
ons.com/bipartisanpolicyorg-a5ii9/files/h_feature.png" alt=3D"" title=3D"" =
width=3D"600" height=3D"27" style=3D"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;=
max-width: 600px; width: 600px; height: 27px; border: 0px none transparent=
; display: block;">
</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</section>
=20
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr class=3D"block39">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertic=
al-align: top; width: 100%; line-height: 20px;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%;min-width:100%; padding: 0px;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; paddi=
ng: 9px 18px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 100=
%; min-width:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td class=3D"cdTextContent" style=3D"border: 0px solid tran=
sparent; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;min-width: 100%;padding: 9px 18px=
9px 18px; ">
<div class=3D"individualblock39" style=3D"color: rgb(80=
, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">

=09<title></title>

<em><span style=3D"color:#5f6062;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><span st=
yle=3D"font-family:Verdana;">Keynote remarks by:=C2=A0</span></span></span>=
</em><br>
<br>
<span style=3D"color:#3b618c;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><span style=
=3D"font-family:Verdana;"><strong>Sen. Chuck Grassley </strong></span></spa=
n></span><span style=3D"color:#5f6062;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><sp=
an style=3D"font-family:Verdana;">| United States Senator=C2=A0=C2=A0</span=
></span></span><br>
<br>
<em><span style=3D"color:#5f6062;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><span st=
yle=3D"font-family:Verdana;">Panel discussion with:=C2=A0</span></span></sp=
an></em><br>
<br>
<span style=3D"color:#3b618c;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><b><span sty=
le=3D"line-height:107%"><span style=3D"font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Dawn=
Bach</span></span></b></span></span><span style=3D"color:#5f6061;"><span s=
tyle=3D"font-size:14px;"><span style=3D"line-height:107%"><span style=3D"fo=
nt-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> | Heart Patient; Chief Clinical Officer, Bue=
na Vista Medical Center</span></span></span></span><br>
<br>
<span style=3D"color:#3b618c;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><b><span sty=
le=3D"line-height:107%"><span style=3D"font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Ed F=
riedmann</span></span></b></span></span><span style=3D"color:#5f6061;"><spa=
n style=3D"font-size:14px;"><span style=3D"line-height:107%"><span style=3D=
"font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> | Administrator and Physician Assistant, =
Redfield Medical Clinic</span></span></span></span><br>
<br>
<span style=3D"color:#3b618c;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><b><span sty=
le=3D"line-height:107%"><span style=3D"font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Jenn=
ifer McKay, M.D.</span></span></b></span></span><span style=3D"color:#5f606=
1;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><span style=3D"line-height:107%"><span =
style=3D"font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">=C2=A0| Medical Information Office=
r, Avera Health</span></span></span></span><br>
<br>
<span style=3D"color:#3b618c;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><b><span sty=
le=3D"line-height:107%"><span style=3D"font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Jame=
s Roetman</span></span></b><span style=3D"line-height:107%"><span style=3D"=
font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span><span style=3D=
"color:#5f6061;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><span style=3D"line-height=
:107%"><span style=3D"font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">| CEO, Pocahontas Com=
munity Hospital</span></span></span></span><br>
<br>
<span style=3D"color:#3b618c;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><b><span sty=
le=3D"line-height:107%"><span style=3D"font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Susa=
n K. Thompson </span></span></b></span></span><span style=3D"color:#5f6061;=
"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><span style=3D"line-height:107%"><span st=
yle=3D"font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">=C2=A0| Senior Vice President, Integ=
ration and Optimization, UnityPoint Health</span></span></span></span><br>
<br>
<span style=3D"color:#3b618c;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><span style=
=3D"line-height:107%"><span style=3D"font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><stron=
g>Marilyn Serafini</strong></span></span></span></span><span style=3D"color=
:#5f6061;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><span style=3D"line-height:107%"=
><span style=3D"font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> | Director, Health Project=
, Bipartisan Policy Center; <em>Moderator</em></span></span></span></span><=
br>
=C2=A0

</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr class=3D"block40">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding:0px;border: 0px none transparent; vertical=
-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%; padding: 5px 18px;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; ver=
tical-align: top; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-top: 1px solid rgb(1=
53, 153, 153);" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; ve=
rtical-align: top; width: 100%; height: 1px; font-size: 0; line-height: 0;"=
>=C2=A0</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr class=3D"block41">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding:0px;border: 0px none transparent; vertical=
-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%;min-width:100%; padding: 0px;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; paddi=
ng: 9px 18px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 100=
%; min-width:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td class=3D"cdTextContent" style=3D"border: 0px solid tran=
sparent; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;min-width: 100%;padding: 9px 18px=
9px 18px; ">
<div class=3D"individualblock41" style=3D"color: rgb(80=
, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">

=09<title></title>


<table align=3D"center" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0">
=09<tbody>
=09=09<tr>
=09=09=09<td id=3D"cell_1a495fc2c575abd">
=09=09=09<p paraeid=3D"{3e0b62b5-4ae8-4b04-b1b0-9819aadc2905}{220}" paraid=
=3D"492360351"><span style=3D"color:#5f6062;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px=
;"><span style=3D"font-family:Verdana;">Please join the Bipartisan Policy C=
enter in=C2=A0Des Moines=C2=A0for an important event=C2=A0with=C2=A0Sen. Ch=
uck Grassley=C2=A0about the barriers that rural Iowans face in securing qua=
lity health care. Following the senator's remarks, a panel of local health =
care experts will discuss the shortage of physicians and clinicians in rura=
l areas and the promise of telehealth and what it means for patients to hav=
e virtual visits with a doctor, nurse, or other clinicians.<br>
=09=09=09<br>
=09=09=09Since January 2010, more than 100 rural hospitals have closed thro=
ughout the United States, and an additional 647 are at risk of folding, </s=
pan></span></span><a href=3D"[link removed]
NDM3Mzc%3AMDItYjE5MjI0LWZjZTNjYjdmM2IzZTQ0NWM5YWExNGNhMDFjMGFhM2Mx%3AYi5pZ2=
phY2tidWx3YXJrQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3AY29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQz=
YTE4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OQ%3AZmFsc2U%3ANQ%3A%3A=
aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmF2aWdhbnQuY29tLy0vbWVkaWEvd3d3L3NpdGUvaW5zaWdodHMvaGVhbHR=
oY2FyZS8yMDE5L25hdmlnYW50LXJ1cmFsLWhvc3BpdGFsLWFuYWx5c2lzLTIyMDE5LnBkZj9fY2=
xkZWU9WWk1cFoycGhZMnRpZFd4M1lYSnJRR2R0WVdsc0xtTnZiUSUzZCUzZCZyZWNpcGllbnRpZ=
D1jb250YWN0LTlhNjE1MmEzN2NhYWU5MTFhOTdmMDAwZDNhMThjYjQ3LTVmNWJkNzRlYjFmOTRi=
ZDhhYjE1ZjEyYmJiZmY5NTQ5JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Q2xpY2tEaW1lbnNpb25zJnV0bV9tZWRpdW0=
9ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVJ1cmFsJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwJTdDJTIwU2VjdXJpbmclMjBRdW=
FsaXR5JTIwQ2FyZSUzQSUyMFJ1cmFsJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwaW4lMjBJb3dhJTIwJTdDJTIwMDguM=
TMuMTkmZXNpZD03ODFiMjRlNS0yZGJkLWU5MTEtYTk3Zi0wMDBkM2ExOGM3MzI&K=3D6RXRNlU3=
VxSfLLPjXPcgFA" style=3D"font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #007=
FB7;text-decoration: underline;"><span style=3D"color:#5f6062;"><span style=
=3D"font-size:14px;"><span style=3D"font-family:Verdana;">including 17 hosp=
itals in Iowa</span></span></span></a><span style=3D"color:#5f6062;"><span =
style=3D"font-size:14px;"><span style=3D"font-family:Verdana;">. Statistics=
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the 60 milli=
on Americans living in rural areas are at a greater risk of dying from hear=
t disease, cancer, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory disease than those=
living in urban and suburban areas.</span></span></span><br>
=09=09=09<br>
=09=09=09<span style=3D"color:#5f6062;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><sp=
an style=3D"font-family:Verdana;">This event will help inform </span></span=
></span><a href=3D"[link removed]
MDItYjE5MjI0LWZjZTNjYjdmM2IzZTQ0NWM5YWExNGNhMDFjMGFhM2Mx%3AYi5pZ2phY2tidWx3=
YXJrQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3AY29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYTE4Y2I0Ny=
01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OQ%3AZmFsc2U%3ANg%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly=
9iaXBhcnRpc2FucG9saWN5Lm9yZy9wcmVzcy1yZWxlYXNlL25ldy1wb2xsLWJ5LWJwYy1hbmQtY=
W1lcmljYW4taGVhcnQtYXNzb2NpYXRpb24tc2hvd3MtcnVyYWwtaGVhbHRoLW1heS1iZS1hLXBv=
d2VyZnVsLWlzc3VlLWluLTIwMjAtZWxlY3Rpb24vP19jbGRlZT1ZaTVwWjJwaFkydGlkV3gzWVh=
KclFHZHRZV2xzTG1OdmJRJTNkJTNkJnJlY2lwaWVudGlkPWNvbnRhY3QtOWE2MTUyYTM3Y2FhZT=
kxMWE5N2YwMDBkM2ExOGNiNDctNWY1YmQ3NGViMWY5NGJkOGFiMTVmMTJiYmJmZjk1NDkmdXRtX=
3NvdXJjZT1DbGlja0RpbWVuc2lvbnMmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249UnVy=
YWwlMjBIZWFsdGglMjAlN0MlMjBTZWN1cmluZyUyMFF1YWxpdHklMjBDYXJlJTNBJTIwUnVyYWw=
lMjBIZWFsdGglMjBpbiUyMElvd2ElMjAlN0MlMjAwOC4xMy4xOSZlc2lkPTc4MWIyNGU1LTJkYm=
QtZTkxMS1hOTdmLTAwMGQzYTE4YzczMg&K=3Di72r7EiGENf-wR30PSL0Bw" style=3D"font-=
style: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #007FB7;text-decoration: underline=
;"><span style=3D"color:#5f6062;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;"><span sty=
le=3D"font-family:Verdana;">BPC=E2=80=99s Rural Health Task Force</span></s=
pan></span></a><span style=3D"color:#5f6062;"><span style=3D"font-size:14px=
;"><span style=3D"font-family:Verdana;">, which is=C2=A0developing policy s=
olutions to rural America=E2=80=99s health care challenges, including=C2=A0=
rightsizing health care services that better fit a community=E2=80=99s need=
s,=C2=A0creating appropriate payment models for services,=C2=A0strengthenin=
g the rural workforce, and=C2=A0expanding telemedicine services. The task f=
orce is co-chaired by former South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle, former Maine Se=
n. Olympia Snowe, former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, and former Wisco=
nsin Gov. Tommy Thompson.=C2=A0=C2=A0</span></span></span></p>
=09=09=09</td>
=09=09</tr>
=09</tbody>
</table>


</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr class=3D"block42">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding:0px;border: 0px none transparent; vertical=
-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%; min-width:100%; padding: 0px;">
=20
<section>
<table style=3D"width: 100%;min-width:100%; border-collapse: collapse; =
border-spacing: 0; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-ali=
gn: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;=
width: 100%; text-align: center; padding: 9px 18px;">
<a href=3D"[link removed]
M3Mzc%3AMDItYjE5MjI0LWZjZTNjYjdmM2IzZTQ0NWM5YWExNGNhMDFjMGFhM2Mx%3AYi5pZ2ph=
Y2tidWx3YXJrQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3AY29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYT=
E4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OQ%3AZmFsc2U%3ANw%3A%3AaH=
R0cDovL2JwY2V2ZW50cy5jbG91ZGFwcC5uZXQvUGFnZXMvSG9tZS5hc3B4P2V2ZW50aWQ9e0U2M=
TNFQTNELUUzQjItRTkxMS1BOTg3LTAwMEQzQTE4QzQyRX0mX2NsZGVlPVlpNXBaMnBoWTJ0aWRX=
eDNZWEpyUUdkdFlXbHNMbU52YlElM2QlM2QmcmVjaXBpZW50aWQ9Y29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzd=
jYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYTE4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OS=
Z1dG1fc291cmNlPUNsaWNrRGltZW5zaW9ucyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnb=
j1SdXJhbCUyMEhlYWx0aCUyMCU3QyUyMFNlY3VyaW5nJTIwUXVhbGl0eSUyMENhcmUlM0ElMjBS=
dXJhbCUyMEhlYWx0aCUyMGluJTIwSW93YSUyMCU3QyUyMDA4LjEzLjE5JmVzaWQ9NzgxYjI0ZTU=
tMmRiZC1lOTExLWE5N2YtMDAwZDNhMThjNzMy&K=3DZBHgXIite0jRQp-sycglhQ" title=3D"=
" style=3D"font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #007FB7;text-decor=
ation: underline;">
<img class=3D"cdImage" src=3D"[link removed]
ons.com/bipartisanpolicyorg-a5ii9/files/btn_rsvp_lrg.png" alt=3D"" title=3D=
"" width=3D"176" height=3D"32" style=3D"margin-left: auto; margin-right: au=
to; max-width: 176px; width: 176px; height: 32px; border: 0px none transpar=
ent; display: block;">
</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</section>
=20
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr class=3D"block43">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertic=
al-align: top; width: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%; padding: 15px 18px 0px;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; ver=
tical-align: top; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-top: 0px solid rgb(2=
55, 255, 255);" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; ve=
rtical-align: top; width: 100%; height: 1px; font-size: 0; line-height: 0;"=
>=C2=A0</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr class=3D"block44">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding:0px;border: 0px none transparent; vertical=
-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%; min-width:100%; padding: 0px;">
=20
<section>
<table style=3D"width: 100%;min-width:100%; border-collapse: collapse; =
border-spacing: 0; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-ali=
gn: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;=
width: 100%; text-align: center; padding: 0px;">
<a href=3D"[link removed]
M3Mzc%3AMDItYjE5MjI0LWZjZTNjYjdmM2IzZTQ0NWM5YWExNGNhMDFjMGFhM2Mx%3AYi5pZ2ph=
Y2tidWx3YXJrQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3AY29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYT=
E4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AOA%3A%3AaH=
R0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9CUENfQmlwYXJ0aXNhbj9fY2xkZWU9WWk1cFoycGhZMnRpZFd4M=
1lYSnJRR2R0WVdsc0xtTnZiUSUzZCUzZCZyZWNpcGllbnRpZD1jb250YWN0LTlhNjE1MmEzN2Nh=
YWU5MTFhOTdmMDAwZDNhMThjYjQ3LTVmNWJkNzRlYjFmOTRiZDhhYjE1ZjEyYmJiZmY5NTQ5JnV=
0bV9zb3VyY2U9Q2xpY2tEaW1lbnNpb25zJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPV=
J1cmFsJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwJTdDJTIwU2VjdXJpbmclMjBRdWFsaXR5JTIwQ2FyZSUzQSUyMFJ1c=
mFsJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwaW4lMjBJb3dhJTIwJTdDJTIwMDguMTMuMTkmZXNpZD03ODFiMjRlNS0y=
ZGJkLWU5MTEtYTk3Zi0wMDBkM2ExOGM3MzI&K=3DEyeqUWOfc3jOiNaLwkJZjA" title=3D"" =
target=3D"_blank" style=3D"font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #0=
07FB7;text-decoration: underline;">
<img class=3D"cdImage" src=3D"[link removed]
ons.com/bipartisanpolicyorg-a5ii9/files/img_footer_bg-11.png" alt=3D"https:=
//twitter.com/BPC_Bipartisan" title=3D"[link removed]" =
width=3D"600" height=3D"27" style=3D"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;=
max-width: 600px; width: 600px; height: 27px; border: 0px none transparent=
; display: block;">
</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</section>
=20
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr class=3D"block45">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertic=
al-align: top; width: 100%; line-height: 20px;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%;min-width:100%; padding: 0px;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; paddi=
ng: 9px 18px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 100=
%; min-width:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td class=3D"cdTextContent" style=3D"border: 0px solid tran=
sparent; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;min-width: 100%;padding: 9px 18px=
9px 18px; ">
<div class=3D"individualblock45" style=3D"color: rgb(80=
, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;"></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr class=3D"block46">
<td class=3D"cdBlockContainer" style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; pad=
ding: 0px; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0p=
x; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top;width:100%;min-width: =
100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; vertic=
al-align: top; width: 100%; background-color: rgb(61, 98, 141); line-height=
: 20px;">
<table style=3D"width:100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse:=
collapse; border-spacing: 0;padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; ver=
tical-align: top;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style=3D"border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: =
100%;min-width:100%; padding: 0px;">
<table style=3D"border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; paddi=
ng: 9px 18px; border: 0px none transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 100=
%; min-width:100%;" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
<tbody><tr>
<td class=3D"cdTextContent" style=3D"border: 0px solid tran=
sparent; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;min-width: 100%;padding: 9px 18px=
9px 18px; ">
<div class=3D"individualblock46" style=3D"color: rgb(80=
, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;"><p styl=
e=3D"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: 12pt;"><span sty=
le=3D"font-family:Verdana;"><span style=3D"font-size:12px;"><span style=3D"=
color:#ffffff;"><strong>Bipartisan Policy Center</strong><br>
1225 Eye Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, D.C. xxxxxx<br>
(202) 204-2400 |=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"[link removed]
4/?T=3DMTE3NDM3Mzc%3AMDItYjE5MjI0LWZjZTNjYjdmM2IzZTQ0NWM5YWExNGNhMDFjMGFhM2=
Mx%3AYi5pZ2phY2tidWx3YXJrQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3AY29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExY=
Tk3ZjAwMGQzYTE4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OQ%3AZmFsc2U=
%3AOQ%3A%3AaHR0cDovL3d3dy5iaXBhcnRpc2FucG9saWN5Lm9yZy8_X2NsZGVlPVlpNXBaMnBo=
WTJ0aWRXeDNZWEpyUUdkdFlXbHNMbU52YlElM2QlM2QmcmVjaXBpZW50aWQ9Y29udGFjdC05YTY=
xNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYTE4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYm=
ZmOTU0OSZ1dG1fc291cmNlPUNsaWNrRGltZW5zaW9ucyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jY=
W1wYWlnbj1SdXJhbCUyMEhlYWx0aCUyMCU3QyUyMFNlY3VyaW5nJTIwUXVhbGl0eSUyMENhcmUl=
M0ElMjBSdXJhbCUyMEhlYWx0aCUyMGluJTIwSW93YSUyMCU3QyUyMDA4LjEzLjE5JmVzaWQ9Nzg=
xYjI0ZTUtMmRiZC1lOTExLWE5N2YtMDAwZDNhMThjNzMy&K=3DsyyURGAd2e6WGaE2a1S9LA" t=
arget=3D"_blank" style=3D"font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #00=
7FB7;text-decoration: None;"><span style=3D"color:#ffffff;">bipartisanpolic=
y.org</span></a></span></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: 12pt;"><b=
r>
<span style=3D"font-size: 12px;"><span style=3D"font-family: verdana,geneva=
,sans-serif;"><span style=3D"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=3D"mso=
-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ans=
i-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">=
Follow BPC: </span></span><span style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: Times New=
Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-=
language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
mensions.com/c/4/?T=3DMTE3NDM3Mzc%3AMDItYjE5MjI0LWZjZTNjYjdmM2IzZTQ0NWM5YWE=
xNGNhMDFjMGFhM2Mx%3AYi5pZ2phY2tidWx3YXJrQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3AY29udGFjdC05YTYxNT=
JhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYTE4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmO=
TU0OQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTA%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9CUENfQmlwYXJ0aXNhbj9f=
Y2xkZWU9WWk1cFoycGhZMnRpZFd4M1lYSnJRR2R0WVdsc0xtTnZiUSUzZCUzZCZyZWNpcGllbnR=
pZD1jb250YWN0LTlhNjE1MmEzN2NhYWU5MTFhOTdmMDAwZDNhMThjYjQ3LTVmNWJkNzRlYjFmOT=
RiZDhhYjE1ZjEyYmJiZmY5NTQ5JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Q2xpY2tEaW1lbnNpb25zJnV0bV9tZWRpd=
W09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVJ1cmFsJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwJTdDJTIwU2VjdXJpbmclMjBR=
dWFsaXR5JTIwQ2FyZSUzQSUyMFJ1cmFsJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwaW4lMjBJb3dhJTIwJTdDJTIwMDg=
uMTMuMTkmZXNpZD03ODFiMjRlNS0yZGJkLWU5MTEtYTk3Zi0wMDBkM2ExOGM3MzI&K=3DPDA3ST=
9BCzlEjCM7tt44Ug" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"font-style: normal;font-weight=
: normal;color: #007FB7;text-decoration: None;"><span style=3D"color: rgb(2=
55, 255, 255);">Twitter</span></a><span style=3D"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);=
"> | </span><a href=3D"[link removed]
c%3AMDItYjE5MjI0LWZjZTNjYjdmM2IzZTQ0NWM5YWExNGNhMDFjMGFhM2Mx%3AYi5pZ2phY2ti=
dWx3YXJrQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3AY29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYTE4Y2=
I0Ny01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTE%3A%3AaHR0c=
HM6Ly93d3cuZmFjZWJvb2suY29tL0JpcGFydGlzYW5Qb2xpY3lDZW50ZXI_X2NsZGVlPVlpNXBa=
MnBoWTJ0aWRXeDNZWEpyUUdkdFlXbHNMbU52YlElM2QlM2QmcmVjaXBpZW50aWQ9Y29udGFjdC0=
5YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYTE4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMm=
JiYmZmOTU0OSZ1dG1fc291cmNlPUNsaWNrRGltZW5zaW9ucyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0b=
V9jYW1wYWlnbj1SdXJhbCUyMEhlYWx0aCUyMCU3QyUyMFNlY3VyaW5nJTIwUXVhbGl0eSUyMENh=
cmUlM0ElMjBSdXJhbCUyMEhlYWx0aCUyMGluJTIwSW93YSUyMCU3QyUyMDA4LjEzLjE5JmVzaWQ=
9NzgxYjI0ZTUtMmRiZC1lOTExLWE5N2YtMDAwZDNhMThjNzMy&K=3DkgYkMy9pwpfiiaG8Qye9H=
g" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;color:=
#007FB7;text-decoration: None;"><span style=3D"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"=
>Facebook</span></a><span style=3D"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> | </span><a=
href=3D"[link removed]
I0LWZjZTNjYjdmM2IzZTQ0NWM5YWExNGNhMDFjMGFhM2Mx%3AYi5pZ2phY2tidWx3YXJrQGdtYW=
lsLmNvbQ%3AY29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYTE4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZDc0=
ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTI%3A%3AaHR0cDovL2luc3RhZ3J=
hbS5jb20vYnBjX2JpcGFydGlzYW4_X2NsZGVlPVlpNXBaMnBoWTJ0aWRXeDNZWEpyUUdkdFlXbH=
NMbU52YlElM2QlM2QmcmVjaXBpZW50aWQ9Y29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwM=
GQzYTE4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OSZ1dG1fc291cmNlPUNs=
aWNrRGltZW5zaW9ucyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1SdXJhbCUyMEhlYWx=
0aCUyMCU3QyUyMFNlY3VyaW5nJTIwUXVhbGl0eSUyMENhcmUlM0ElMjBSdXJhbCUyMEhlYWx0aC=
UyMGluJTIwSW93YSUyMCU3QyUyMDA4LjEzLjE5JmVzaWQ9NzgxYjI0ZTUtMmRiZC1lOTExLWE5N=
2YtMDAwZDNhMThjNzMy&K=3DXGpRcapGLa9C6LPA5sl-gw" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"=
font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #007FB7;text-decoration: None=
;"><span style=3D"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Instagram</span></a><br>
<a href=3D"[link removed]
MjI0LWZjZTNjYjdmM2IzZTQ0NWM5YWExNGNhMDFjMGFhM2Mx%3AYi5pZ2phY2tidWx3YXJrQGdt=
YWlsLmNvbQ%3AY29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYTE4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZD=
c0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTM%3A%3AaHR0cDovL3d3dy5ia=
XBhcnRpc2FucG9saWN5Lm9yZy9jb250YWN0L3N1cHBvcnQtdXM_X2NsZGVlPVlpNXBaMnBoWTJ0=
aWRXeDNZWEpyUUdkdFlXbHNMbU52YlElM2QlM2QmcmVjaXBpZW50aWQ9Y29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJ=
hMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYTE4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOT=
U0OSZ1dG1fc291cmNlPUNsaWNrRGltZW5zaW9ucyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wY=
Wlnbj1SdXJhbCUyMEhlYWx0aCUyMCU3QyUyMFNlY3VyaW5nJTIwUXVhbGl0eSUyMENhcmUlM0El=
MjBSdXJhbCUyMEhlYWx0aCUyMGluJTIwSW93YSUyMCU3QyUyMDA4LjEzLjE5JmVzaWQ9NzgxYjI=
0ZTUtMmRiZC1lOTExLWE5N2YtMDAwZDNhMThjNzMy&K=3DNM9Evd0Sl4eoU-sOjSc0jA" targe=
t=3D"_blank" style=3D"font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #007FB7=
;text-decoration: None;"><span style=3D"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Support=
Us</span></a><span style=3D"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">=C2=A0|=C2=A0 </sp=
an><a href=3D"[link removed]
jE5MjI0LWZjZTNjYjdmM2IzZTQ0NWM5YWExNGNhMDFjMGFhM2Mx%3AYi5pZ2phY2tidWx3YXJrQ=
GdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3AY29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYTE4Y2I0Ny01ZjV=
iZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTQ%3A%3AaHR0cDovL3dlYi=
5iaXBhcnRpc2FucG9saWN5Lm9yZy9iaXBhcnRpc2FucG9saWN5b3JnLWE1aWk5L3BhZ2VzL2lnN=
nE2cHp5ZWVra3Boamp0cmQ5dnEuaHRtbD9fY2xkZWU9WWk1cFoycGhZMnRpZFd4M1lYSnJRR2R0=
WVdsc0xtTnZiUSUzZCUzZCZyZWNpcGllbnRpZD1jb250YWN0LTlhNjE1MmEzN2NhYWU5MTFhOTd=
mMDAwZDNhMThjYjQ3LTVmNWJkNzRlYjFmOTRiZDhhYjE1ZjEyYmJiZmY5NTQ5JnV0bV9zb3VyY2=
U9Q2xpY2tEaW1lbnNpb25zJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVJ1cmFsJTIwS=
GVhbHRoJTIwJTdDJTIwU2VjdXJpbmclMjBRdWFsaXR5JTIwQ2FyZSUzQSUyMFJ1cmFsJTIwSGVh=
bHRoJTIwaW4lMjBJb3dhJTIwJTdDJTIwMDguMTMuMTkmZXNpZD03ODFiMjRlNS0yZGJkLWU5MTE=
tYTk3Zi0wMDBkM2ExOGM3MzI&K=3DCcJWEXcq3b3kbC9nXQsXBg" style=3D"font-style: n=
ormal;font-weight: normal;color: #007FB7;text-decoration: None;"><span styl=
e=3D"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Profile & Subscription Preferences</span><=
/a><span style=3D"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">=C2=A0| </span><a href=3D"htt=
p://elink.clickdimensions.com/uu/2/1%3AMTE3NDM3Mzc%3AMDItYjE5MjI0LWZjZTNjYj=
dmM2IzZTQ0NWM5YWExNGNhMDFjMGFhM2Mx%3AYi5pZ2phY2tidWx3YXJrQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3AY=
29udGFjdC05YTYxNTJhMzdjYWFlOTExYTk3ZjAwMGQzYTE4Y2I0Ny01ZjViZDc0ZWIxZjk0YmQ4=
YWIxNWYxMmJiYmZmOTU0OQ%3An%3An%3AVu6ql6Yk0CskWQYT4qCGuA" style=3D"font-styl=
e: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #007FB7;text-decoration: None;"><span =
style=3D"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Unsubscribe</span></a></span></span></=
span></p>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
=20
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</center>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
</div>
</body></html>
------=_Part_1185044204_337635109.1565636930856--

------=_Part_1185044199_1627945162.1565636930856--

[[link removed]]
[[link removed]]
Securing Quality Care: Rural Health in Iowa 

Tuesday, August 13, 2019
3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. CT
Add to Calendar [[link removed]]

UnityPoint Health – Des Moines
Education & Research Center
Virginia Thompson Auditorium
1415 Woodland Avenue
Des Moines, IA 503

Get Directions [[link removed]]

 
Can't join us in person? Register to watch the live webcast at 4:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. CT).

Register for webcast here: [link removed]{E613EA3D-E3B2-E911-A987-000D3A18C42E}
 

Keynote remarks by: 

Sen. Chuck Grassley | United States Senator  

Panel discussion with: 

Dawn Bach | Heart Patient; Chief Clinical Officer, Buena Vista Medical Center
Ed Friedmann | Administrator and Physician Assistant, Redfield Medical Clinic
Jennifer McKay, M.D. | Medical Information Officer, Avera Health
James Roetman | CEO, Pocahontas Community Hospital
Susan K. Thompson  | Senior Vice President, Integration and Optimization, UnityPoint Health
Marilyn Serafini | Director, Health Project, Bipartisan Policy Center; Moderator
 
 
Please join the Bipartisan Policy Center in Des Moines for an important event with Sen. Chuck Grassley about the barriers that rural Iowans face in securing quality health care. Following the senator's remarks, a panel of local health care experts will discuss the shortage of physicians and clinicians in rural areas and the promise of telehealth and what it means for patients to have virtual visits with a doctor, nurse, or other clinicians.

Since January 2010, more than 100 rural hospitals have closed throughout the United States, and an additional 647 are at risk of folding, including 17 hospitals in Iowa [[link removed]]. Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the 60 million Americans living in rural areas are at a greater risk of dying from heart disease, cancer, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory disease than those living in urban and suburban areas.

This event will help inform BPC’s Rural Health Task Force [[link removed]], which is developing policy solutions to rural America’s health care challenges, including rightsizing health care services that better fit a community’s needs, creating appropriate payment models for services, strengthening the rural workforce, and expanding telemedicine services. The task force is co-chaired by former South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle, former Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, and former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson.  

[[link removed]{E613EA3D-E3B2-E911-A987-000D3A18C42E}]
 
[[link removed]]

Bipartisan Policy Center

1225 Eye Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, D.C. xxxxxx
(202) 204-2400 | bipartisanpolicy.org [[link removed]]
Follow BPC: Twitter [[link removed]] | Facebook [[link removed]] | Instagram [[link removed]]
Support Us [[link removed]] |  Profile & Subscription Preferences [[link removed]] | Unsubscribe [[link removed]]