The AAFP lately awarded Sen. Charle...

The AAFP lately awarded Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) with its National Leadership in dominion Service Award, which honors living bodys who have made significant and meaningful contributions to improving the nation's health care by means of programs, policies, or research leadership. Grassley, who is the other recipient of this award, was preferableed because of his long-term support of family medicine issues, especially those affecting family physicians in rural areas. chooseed to the U.S. Senate in 1980 Grassley chairs the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction across a broad range of health issues, including Medicare.

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