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WASHINGTON — Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the chair of a crucial House committee that handles health care issues, plans to leave Congress at the end of the year, she announced Thursday.
It will be a major shakeup for a panel already ravaged by Republican retirements. Reps. Michael Burgess (R-Texas), Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.), Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.), Greg Pence (R-Ind.) and Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.) are all leaving at the end of this Congress, too.
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Under McMorris Rodgers, the panel led the way for House passage of a health care price transparency package that included the first major proposal to equalize payment between hospital outpatient departments and physician offices.
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