Special treatment for South Dakota in health-care legislation?

Check this out in Sunday's New York Times story titled "Deep in Health Bill, Very Specific Beneficiaries":

Another item in the package would increase Medicare payments to hospitals and doctors in any state where at least 50 percent of the counties are “frontier counties,” defined as those having a population density less than six people per square mile.

And which are the lucky states? The bill gives no clue. But the Congressional Budget Office has determined that Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming meet the criteria.

Click here to see the story.

Posted by: Seth Tupper on 12/21/2009 at 4:11 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink

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