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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'...