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Congressman Adam Kinzinger has reintroduced a bill that he says would expand and utilize the Critical Access Hospital Program to stabilize rural hospitals across the country. The Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act, H.R. 1639, is intended to protect health care infrastructure in rural communities as the nation begins to heal from the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Congressman said he would work to get more hospitals classified as Critical Access Hospitals. The Congressman also recently explained his vote on gun reform legislation. On Thursday the House passed H.R. 8, The Bipartisan Background Checks Ac...

By Jason Taylor IOWA - Most of Iowa's full service rural hospitals are being hurt by COVID-19. The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism reports all but six of the state's 82 rural hospitals were operating in the red after the pandemic hit. Some Iowa hospitals are at risk of closing, although none closed in 2020. The losses have been experienced even though federal stimulus money was sent to hospitals in the early months of the pandemic. Many hospitals switched away from more lucrative outpatient care to focus on COVID-19 cases during the pandemic. The Iowa Hospital Association reported ...

By Jason Taylor IOWA - Most of Iowa's full service rural hospitals are being hurt by COVID-19. The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism reports all but six of the state's 82 rural hospitals were operating in the red after the pandemic hit. Some Iowa hospitals are at risk of closing, although none closed in 2020. The losses have been experienced even though federal stimulus money was sent to hospitals in the early months of the pandemic. Many hospitals switched away from more lucrative outpatient care to focus on COVID-19 cases during the pandemic. The Iowa Hospital Association reported ...

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 6:03 am Congresswoman Elise Stefanik introduced the Protecting Rural Access to Care Act with Congressman Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19) recently. This bipartisan legislation will protect the Critical Access Hospital designation, an important certification that provides rural hospitals in New York’s 21st Congressional District enhanced reimbursement rates to keep essential healthcare services in rural communities, said a press release from Stefanik’s office. Congresswoman Stefanik issued the following statement: “I will always fight for North...

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