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| https://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/case-you-missed-it-fox-news-special-report-greg-waldens-bill-stop-cuts | In Case You Missed It: Fox News "Special Report" on Greg Walden's bill to stop cuts to home health care | 2014-07-16 | 2014 | 2014-07 | Republican | House | OR | Greg Walden | W000791 | walden.house.gov | legacy | In Case You Missed It: Fox News Special Report on Greg Walden's bill to stop cuts to home health care WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Rep. Greg Walden's introduction of a bill yesterday to repeal the Obama Administration's cuts to home health care was featured on Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News last night. The Securing Access Via Excellence for (SAVE) Medicare Home Health Act would stop the Administration's proposed 14 percent payment cut to home health care providers. Instead, it will put into place smart reforms that reward home health agencies that provide high value care to their patients while reducing payments to agencies that don't meet certain performance and quality standards. Walden told Fox correspondent Jim Angle about the value of home health care for patients, including his own parents. I will tell you it kept them out of the nursing home longer. It kept them out of re-admittance to the emergency room. It made a huge difference in their quality of care because they could be home, Walden said. Angle noted that the Administration's proposed cuts to home health care could force 70% of home health agencies in Oregon into the red. That is not tolerable. That's not acceptable. And it's not smart, Walden said. The story also noted that 51 Senatorsincluding Oregon's Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkleywrote to the Medicare Administrator last year urging her to stop these drastic cuts to home health. Walden and 141 other members of the Houseincluding Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauerwrote a similar letter expressing their concern about the cuts last September. The Administrator never responded to the Members of Congress. In October 2013, Walden raised the issue to then-Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, noting how important home health care is to patients in rural Oregon. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |