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Western Massachusetts will have a direct voice in deciding how $162 million in federal rural health funding is spent.

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Western Massachusetts will have a direct voice in deciding how $162 million in federal rural health funding is spent. Several Franklin, Hampshire and North Quabbin health leaders have been appointed to a new state advisory council. The money comes from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and will target access, staffing, EMS and aging facilities.

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