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This bill, the Rural Physician Workforce Preservation Act, aims to modify the distribution of certain additional graduate medical education (GME) positions under the Medicare program. Specifically, it expands the eligibility criteria for rural hospitals to receive these additional GME positions. The bill amends the Social Security Act to allow hospitals that are treated as being located in a rural area under Section 1886(d)(8)(E) to qualify for the additional GME positions, regardless of whether they meet the specific criteria outlined in that section. This change is intended to help preserve the physician workforce in rural areas.