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Article: SEN. CONRAD: NORTH DAKOTA EMS FUNDS SAVED
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 20, 2006
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The office of Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., issued the following press release:
Sen. Kent Conrad announced today that the Secretary of Health and Human Services has reversed an earlier decision to dramatically cut funding to rural ambulance squads across the nation, including services in several North Dakota communities.
Senator Conrad had written to HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt on Dec. 4th, calling for "immediate action" to correct changes to payment policies that would have shortchanged 11 ambulance squads in North Dakota.
"This is a victory for our ambulance squads and for anybody who relies on emergency health care. The rule they were proposing would have left our ambulance squads with an ...