And I'll talk just a little bit about what that will do. Right now we send about 7%, 6 to 7% of Medicaid dollars to rural hospitals. And That's about a total of $19 billion a year. So they're already getting shortcuts. It's a very, very small sliver of what Medicaid pays out goes to these institutions in rural areas. (09:32–09:37)
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