title: Congressman Greg Walden speaks out in support of home care.
abstract: Support for the mission of home care and hospice from Congress continues to expand as more members of the House and Senate take time out of their busy schedules to visit with a home care or hospice patient. Take the case of Congressman Greg Walden (R-OR) who is currently in his fourth term representing the people of Oregon's Second Congressional District, which includes twenty counties in central, southern and eastern Oregon. He is a passionate advocate for home care and hospice who as chair of the Congressional Rural Health Care Coalition, is a key figure in the fight to restore the 5% rural add on for home health services to rural patients.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Senate, Government Affairs, USA. jk@nahc.org
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kincheloe
mesh_terms: D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics*; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009922:Oregon; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States