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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
June 28, 2007
WASHINGTON — Practicing medicine isn’t any cheaper for rural hospitals and doctors, but under the federal Medicare system they’re paid less than their urban counterparts to do the same job.
“None of us can figure out how anyone thinks that our costs are....