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Health Profession Shortage Areas.

What are health profession shortage areas or medically underserved populations/areas? It turns out that these are not easy questions to answer. And the answers will have significant impact on rural America for years to come. The Health Resources Services Administration Negotiated Rulemaking Committee meets again this week in Washington DC. The Committee’s purpose is to reconsider how Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) and Medically Underserved Areas (MUA) are designated for the....

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Monday Morning and Still No Deal.

The weekend came and went without a final compromise to debt ceiling negotiations. The House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 2560 - Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011on Tuesday. This legislation would require certain cuts to appropriated levels for FY 2012, progressive caps on federal spending as a percent of GDP, and that a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution be submitted to the States immediately. This legislation currently has 87 co-sponsors but is a largely symbolic vote. ....

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McConnell presents debt back-up plan.

NRHA sends letter to President, other leaders outlining negative impact of proposed cuts.

The National Rural Health Association sent the following letter to the White House and Capitol Hill today. NRHA urges you to contact your elected officials now to further explain the implications to your rural community.

Help prevent $16 billion in proposed cuts to rural hospitals and frontier America.

You can help NRHA protect rural patients and providers. House Republican leadership, as part of debt ceiling negotiations, has proposed $16 billion in cuts to rural hospitals and frontier areas. The plan includes: • $14 billion over 10 years to “reform rural hospital programs” and • $2 billion over 10 years to “repeal Frontier State Adjustments”. Rural hospitals are critical access points for 62 million rural patients across the nation. Such devastating cuts could result in more than $1....

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