CDC data shows rate rose 3% last year but experts say they are not sure why statistic that has been falling should have risen sharply

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    That and the way that funding for rural hospitals has been declining for decades and more and more rural hospitals are closing. This could be avoided by a bipartisan bill to change the way in which medicaid/medicare payment rates are determined. However, insurance companies, and the far right, are, of course, working against this.