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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Puerto Rico Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the Medicare inpatient hospital services payment rate for Puerto Rico hospitals to: (1) reduce the applicable Puerto Rico percentage from 25% to zero; and (2) increase the applicable federal percentage from 75% to 100%.</p>]]></text>
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