Primary-care physicians Amanda Mullen and Jay Anderson of Southwest Health System discuss the special issues involved in caring for the elderly in Cortez and the Four Corners, including access to specialists and the difficulties involved in traveling to see physicians in other locations. This interview was done before Mullen and Anderson announced their coming departure from the Four Corners area, which will take place in the spring of 2025.
Gail Binkly is a career journalist who has worked for the Colorado Springs Gazette and Cortez Journal, and was the editor of the Four Corners Free Press, based in Cortez.