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Article: REP. JONES COSPONSORS LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE RURAL HEALTH CARE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- September 7, 2006
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Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C. (3rd CD), issued the following press release:
Third District Rep. Walter B. Jones is an original cosponsor of H.R. 6030 - The Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2006 - legislation that would help rural health care providers deliver quality health care close to home. Reps. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) and Greg Walden (R-OR), Co-Chairs of the Rural Health Care Coalition and authors of the bill, introduced The H-CARE Act during a press conference today on Capitol Hill.
"Legislation that addresses the specific health care needs of rural communities is critical to improving rural health care programs and ensuring equal health care access to all patients and ...