Kincheloe Jeff
U.S. Senate, Government Affairs, USA.
Caring. 2005 May;24(5):14-8.
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.
随着越来越多的众议院和参议院议员从繁忙的日程中抽出时间去看望家庭护理或临终关怀患者，国会对家庭护理和临终关怀使命的支持持续扩大。以众议员格雷格·瓦尔登（俄勒冈州共和党人）为例，他目前正处于第四个任期，代表俄勒冈州第二国会选区的人民，该选区包括俄勒冈州中部、南部和东部的20个县。他是家庭护理和临终关怀的热情倡导者，作为国会农村医疗保健联盟主席，他是为农村患者恢复家庭健康服务5%农村附加费斗争中的关键人物。
