Senate Veterans’ Affairs Chair Calls for More Mental Health Care Providers in Rural Areas

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Senate Veterans’ Affairs Chair Calls for More Mental Health Care Providers in Rural Areas

by ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Citing ProPublica’s reporting on barriers to mental health care access for veterans, the chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Jon Tester, called on VA Secretary Denis McDonough to increase the number of providers in rural parts of the country. Tester sent a letter to McDonough th…