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                     July 11 Test Article Headline from Greg
July 11, 2013
                     
                        FORT COLLINS, CO – The following is a test from Greg Thompson, written on Thursday, July 11. This is only a test. If it had been an actual emergency, you would have been told to go up I25 straight to Denver.                     
					                   
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                     Round Two Rates in Effect
July 1, 2013
                     
                        WASHINGTON, DC – Summer temperatures climbed and Medicare reimbursement rates plummeted as round two of competitive bidding began today. The round two rates, amounting to an average reimbursement cut of 45% across affected product categories, k                     
					                   
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                     AAHomecare Continues to Fight
July 1, 2013
                     
                        WASHINGTON, DC – AAHomecare has been fighting to stop the fatally flawed competitive bidding with legislation and now legal action. We have been working on legislative initiatives to replace the competitive bidding program with the Market Prici                     
					                   
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                     Another Letter Slams Competitive Bidding
July 1, 2013
                     
                        WASHINGTON, DC – A powerful message combined with a powerful messenger in yet another letter expressing considerable concern about the competitive bidding program. Former competitive bidding proponent Nancy L. Johnson, a member of Congress (5th                     
					                   
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                     The Insane are Running the Asylum
May 6, 2013
                     
                        AMARILLO, TX – For the first 12 years of my life, I grew up in a state mental hospital. It was built in approximately 1900. The hospital was a series of buildings, roads, ponds, trees and horses located outside the town. The facility had about                      
					                   
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                     The Industry Needs You
April 29, 2013
                     
                        WASHINGTON, DC – I’ve never been one to push people to go to Washington, because I believe the true advocacy power of the DME industry is at the district level. This year, however, we must make a powerful showing in Washington, DC, for the AA