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Article: Medicare Cutbacks Threaten to Put Cardiac Care Out of Reach for Millions of Rural Americans.
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- PR Newswire
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- October 9, 2009
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Guarding Hearts Alliance Claims Cuts Are Based On Questionable Data And Will Restrict Patient Access to Timely Diagnostic Tools
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Medicare regulatory changes expected to be finalized in November - but overshadowed by the partisan bluster of the ongoing health care debate - pose an imminent threat to 80 million patients in America suffering from heart disease, especially for the nearly one in four Americans over the age of 65 living in rural areas.
Many cardiologists who operate in rural areas believe the proposal will force them to close their outreach offices completely since many of these operations run at a ...