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Archive Home > 2007 > April > 03 > Medicare bill would boost rural influence

Medicare bill would boost rural influence

Walden's proposal would change makeup of federal commission

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
April 3, 2007

WASHINGTON - Rural areas would have a guaranteed seat at the table where the future of Medicare is being planned under a bill introduced last week by U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River.

Central Oregon's top hospital administrator hailed the idea, but the commission's chairman blasted the....

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