Unwilling to increase tobacco taxes enough for pay for changes to Medicare and children's health insurance, committees in the House of Representatives are proposing a reimbursement cut that jeopardizes the benefits of a half million seniors who depend on medical oxygen therapy to treat severe respiratory conditions such as COPD. The changes were proposed in H.R. 3162, titled "The Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007. [click link for full article]
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