The President's and other bipartisan proposals to reform Medicare post-acute care payments : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, June 14, 2013.

The President's and other bipartisan proposals to reform Medicare : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, May 21, 2013.

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