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to me, that just doesnt make sense, valentine said.
iowas republican and democratic u.s. senators agree. sens. chuck grassley and tom harkin were among 20 senators who sent a letter to senate finance committee leaders last month. they said cutting reimbursements to critical access hospitals would amount to a savings of one-hundredth of a percent over 10 years of medicare spending.
that would affect small hospitals across iowa using the critical access hospital designation to provide local care, including missouri valley.
there are things we can do smarter, better, but cutting this program is not going to do that, valentine said.
valentine said his hospital already benefits from parts of the affordable care act, such as the 340 b drug program. valentine said because of that program the medicine in their pharmacy is much more affordable for patients.
but he said for that medicine to be available, the hospital needs funding. and thats why valentine said the government shouldnt make cuts to the critical access hospital program.
we literally probably couldnt survive if we didnt have that cost-base reimbursement from the critical access hospital program, he said.
although no legislation that would cut critical access hospitals has been drafted yet, the report is gaining traction. hospital associations are sending letters to lawmakers.
next month, leaders from nebraska and iowa travel to washington, d.c., to lobby for critical access hospitals on capitol hill.
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