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Becca Aaronson and Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune

Rural Hospitals in Texas Wary of Proposed Medicare Cuts

By Becca Aaronson and Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune September 11, 2013 KFF Health News Original

A federal proposal to reduce the number of hospitals that carry the ‘critical access’ designation could cost 60 Texas hospitals that status, along with their enhanced Medicare reimbursements, potentially jeopardizing their survival.

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