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Article: SEN. JOHNSON CO-SPONSORS RURAL HEALTH CARE BILL

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June 15, 2007
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The office of Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., issued the following press release:

Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) announced today he is an original co-sponsor of a bill that offers comprehensive improvements in Medicare payments to rural health care providers. The bill, supported by Johnson and the bipartisan Senate Rural Health Caucus, is called the Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act. Similar to the Rural Hospital and Provider Equity (R-HoPE) Act of 2006 Johnson supported last Congress, the bipartisan legislation seeks to break down some of the big obstacles rural health care providers face. The bill was re-named this year as a posthumous honor to Senator Craig Thomas (R-WY) who ...

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