Federal move could threaten Medicare funding for rural hospitals
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Scores of small, rural hospitals in Minnesota receive extra Medicare funds on the theory that the loss of those hospitals would cause unreasonable suffering among rural patients. A recent federal recommendation, however, calls for a reevaluation of the hospitals, a move that could lead to their elimination from the program. The development could affect 90 percent of Minnesota's rural hospitals.
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