Representative Dave Loebsack toured area hospitals over the weekend. The Democratic legislator visited Washington County Hospital and Clinics and met with staff and management. He also toured the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. At both facilities he discussed the Save Our Rural Hospitals Act, which he co-sponsored.

The bill provides enhanced payments to rural health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid programs. The bill states more than 60 million individuals in rural America rely on rural hospitals and other providers as critical access points to health care.

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