House Proceeding 11-07-09 on Nov 7th, 2009 :: 1:45:05 to 1:46:05
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John T. Salazar: strong rejection and the protection of that bond between doctor andatient and mother the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. waxman: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from colorado, mr. salazar. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. salazar: mr. speaker, i am especially pleased that this bill will help rural america.

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Speech By: John T. Salazar

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John T. Salazar: currently, physicians in rural areas are reimbursed less for medicare than their urban counterparts. h.r. 3962 will rume bu primary care physicians in rural areas, not only to equalize the disparity but to make rural communities more attractive to physicians. most of my district is considered a health professional shoage area. in my district in colorado, we have three counties with only

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John T. Salazar: practicing physician. we have one county with none at all. this bill will increase the number of physicians in all my counties and improve access for 106,000 medicare beneficiaries. this bill will expand insurance coverage to 111,000 currently uninsured citizens in my district. it will help 184,000 low-income