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FARGO, N.D. — Top federal law enforcement agents who spent the last several days touring the oil patch in North Dakota and Montana came away comparing the scope of the crime problem to the cocaine cowboys of south Florida in the 1970s and '80s and the heyday of street gangs in Washington and Los Angeles in the early '90s. Officials from seven federal agencies on the trip say they want to help state and local authorities who are doing most of the heavy lifting but are often bogged down by an onslaught of service calls for d...
A provision in the health care reform bill that boosts Medicare reimbursement rates for some rural states has North Dakota written all over it. Officials from a Fargo hospital conceived the plan at least five years ago to protest what many believe to be an unfair method of payments for doctors and providers. It has now been proposed by North Dakota's two Democratic senators, Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan, both of whom claim it's a tough sell. "I can't describe to you how tough a fight this is," Conrad said. "There's 'x'...
A provision in the health care reform bill that boosts Medicare reimbursement rates for some rural states has North Dakota written all over it. Officials from a Fargo hospital conceived the plan at least five years ago to protest what many believe to be an unfair method of payments for doctors and providers. It has now been proposed by North Dakota's two Democratic senators, Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan, both of whom claim it's a tough sell. "I can't describe to you how tough a fight this is," Conrad said. "There's 'x'...
