It is time to break with the politics of the past and usher in a new era for rural America. We need to lift rural communities up as places of opportunity, both for this generation and future ones. That work begins by deploying investment and innovation to secure the health of all rural residents, whether that’s a veteran struggling with mental health challenges or a Native woman giving birth.

First, we’ll expand telehealth. The future of health care in rural America is one in which a doctor can remotely monitor her patient’s heart rate from home, and a teenager struggling with depression can meet virtually with a therapist. I’ll also support rural Americans by doubling funding for the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Health Care Program.