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		<ns:subject>Medicare</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Income tax</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Tax exclusion</ns:subject>
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		<ns:subject>Department of Health and Human Services</ns:subject>
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		<ns:subject>Wage surveys</ns:subject>
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		<ns:subject>Access to health care</ns:subject>
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		<ns:subject>Personal income tax</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Rural health</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Medicare managed care</ns:subject>
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