“I thought I could get more answers here than in Washington,” U.S. Sen. Tina Smith told a group Thursday meeting at Rainy Lake Medical Center about rural health care challenges.
Smith’s visit to Borderland included a rural economy tour of the community in the morning, as well as a boat tour of Voyageurs National Park and its restoration projects.
Top on Smith’s list of concerns about rural health care challenges is maternal and obstetrics, which she said in some rural settings forces families to travel more than 100 miles for care.