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Thursday, August 27,2009 KIMBALL, MN 1,395 (15) Newspaper (W) 13 Center For Rural Affairs
Health-Care debate i s hot in August By Steph Larsen, stephl@cfra.org, Centerfor RuralAffairs A time for barbecues, corn on the cob, and Congressional visits. Wait, Congressional visits? That's right! Every year, members of Congress go on vacation in August and visit with folks in their states. This summer, health care is the hottest issue faced by Congress. Rural Americans know that our current health-care system is not working for our communities. And rural people know we need to fix the system.
affordable health-care options to help family farmers, ranchers, entrepreneurs, and smallbusiness owners overcome high health-insurance costs. It should also provide incentives to attract and keep medical providers in our rural communities. Reform should fix payments for Medicare and other public plans so that they fairly compensate rural hospitals and doctors, and it should expand prevention programs that provide incentives to improve health and fitness. For more information visit:
Health-care reform needs to work for family farmers, ranchers, small-business owners, and entrepreneurs. Reform must reintroduce competition in the healthinsurance market and should bring us lower, more affordable costs, more choices, and coverage rural America can count on. Your representatives are holding town-hall meetings this month. You can attend one of their meetings and urge them to pass a bill in September that includes provisions to help rural Ameri- <www.cfra.org>. cans. Reform should offer more
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