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But with a service area of 635 square miles, and 8, 500 citizens to serve -- in a state that the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recently recently ranked worst in delivering health care services -- Ballinger officials, like many rural health care providers, say they want Congress to keep them out of a high-stakes games of political chicken.
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We believe that if you want decent public services such as health, education and transport, you have to pay for them.
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With each passing year, health care crowds out more and more other goods and services we want to consume.
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We want to encourage even more people to get involved in making our health services even better by sharing their experiences and watching what happens as a result.
BBC: Patient Opinion website for rating NHS care endorsed
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When state firms want a private asset, they send in the tax police, the security services and a few health and safety inspectors, before making an offer.
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