Finkenauer co-sponsors bill to boost Medicare payments to Iowa doctors

Democratic Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer of Dubuque is co-sponsoring bipartisan legislation aimed at increasing pay for rural doctors. “Iowa doctors have been shortchanged by a government formula that underestimates the cost of labor and practice expenses,” Finkenauer says. Doctors in rural areas are paid far less for the care they provide elderly Medicare patients. The formula […]