Editor's note: This is the second post from the Nashville Health Care Council's 2017 Leadership Health Care Delegation to Washington. The first installment is here and look for more content in the coming days.
Amid snowy conditions in the nation’s capital on Tuesday, Leadership Health Care concluded its annual delegation to Washington, D.C., with informational sessions featuring administration officials and members of the Tennessee delegation to Congress.
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