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Congressman Tanner, Commissioner Keys visit Stewart Co. Health Center and VA Clinic

tannerheaderWASHINGTON, DC – Congressman John Tanner and Tennessee Veterans Affairs Commissioner John Keys visited the Stewart County Community Medical Center last Thursday. The center is also home to a satellite VA outpatient clinic that serves 850 veterans and which Tanner’s office was instrumental in keeping open in 2002. The visit is part of Congressman Tanner’s 19-county tour of the 8th Congressional District talking with medical providers, patients, families, small business owners and others about health care reform.

“We want to hear ideas on how to fix the parts of our health care system that are broken and keep the parts that work,” Tanner said. Tanner will also host two telephone town halls on Aug. 28 and Aug. 31 where all 8th District residents from more than 200 towns and communities can talk together about the issues surrounding health care reform. To register to participate in the telephone town halls, visit www.house.gov/tanner or call Congressman Tanner’s office.

Congressman John Tanner, center, talks with Tennessee Veterans Affairs Commissioner John Keys, left, and Dr. Carlo Pike, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and now treats veterans at the Stewart County Community Medical Center. The three discussed how to improve veterans care and also ongoing operations in Afghanistan. <br>
Congressman John Tanner, center, talks with Tennessee Veterans Affairs Commissioner John Keys, left, and Dr. Carlo Pike, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and now treats veterans at the Stewart County Community Medical Center. The three discussed how to improve veterans care and also ongoing operations in Afghanistan.

Congressman John Tanner, right, talks with John Knight of Bumpus Mills, a patient at the Stewart County Community Medical Center. Tanner is traveling throughout the 8th District to hear constituents’ ideas on how to fix the parts of the health care system that are broken and how to ensure that people with health insurance can keep their current plans.
Congressman John Tanner, right, talks with John Knight of Bumpus Mills, a patient at the Stewart County Community Medical Center. Tanner is traveling throughout the 8th District to hear constituents’ ideas on how to fix the parts of the health care system that are broken and how to ensure that people with health insurance can keep their current plans.

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