WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following news release:
Over a dozen rural hospital leaders from across Iowa and the United States are praising the unanimous Senate passage of the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Reauthorization Act (https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-bennet-lead-legislation-to-extend-rural-hospital-program), led by U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.).
The bipartisan, bicameral legislation provides a lifeline to rural hospitals by extending the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration (RCHD) (https://www.cms.gov/priorities/innovation/innovation-models/rural-community-hospital-demonstration) for another five years, allowing hospitals to continue ...