Last week on Rural Health Leadership Radio, we started discussing leadership solutions available specifically for rural health leaders. We continue that conversation this week by investigating NRHA’s Rural Health Congress, which advocates for rural healthcare at the national level.

“Every rural community is so different and the more we can increase that understanding of all those distinct features in small towns in rural America, the better we can provide a exchange and distribution of ideas that’s going to inform health care providers, provide research and look at methods that are going to improve rural health.”

~Dr. Bill Auxier

The Rural Health Congress is the policy-making body of the National Rural Health Association. Elected representatives from each of the association’s constituency groups, State Association Council, State Office Council, issue groups and officers serve on the Congress. This gives broad grassroots representation that reflects the concerns of NRHA’s membership. The Rural Health Congress determines the association’s positions on public policy through a series of policy briefs and issue papers.

To learn more, visit their website: https://www.ruralhealth.us/advocate/rural-health-congress