Oregon Passes Important Amputee Healthcare Legislation


	Oregon Passes Important Amputee Healthcare Legislation

bioplasmik

8-2-2007 8:28 PM

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law, amputee

bioplasmik says:

This is big news. Dr. Matt Bradley lost hisleg at th age of 10, so he knows what it as like to grow up without appropriate healthcare coverage.

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