MORE MONEY FOR DOCS?

Congressman David Valadao of Hanford has introduced a bill to raise Medicaid reimbursement rates. He says California’s payment scale ranks 48th in the nation, and it’s leaving a lot of Central Valley communities with no doctors who accept Medicaid. The bill, co-authored by Rep. Jeff Denham of Merced, will next be assigned to a House committee.

Sean Michael Lisle