Here are 14 Iowa hospital systems that could get additional doctors

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) - As the U.S. Census Bureau shows that most Iowa counties continue to lose population, it furthers the strain on communities to provide medical services that remaining residents need.

Finding doctors to serve across the state has been challenging for medical providers. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has proposed a plan, aided by $150 million in federal funding, could help train and retain doctors and ease some of the educational debt doctors accumulate while training.

Train in Iowa, remain in Iowa would be the primary goal of the effort.

Target launch: July 1st.

Goal: Train 460 doctors over the next four years.

Requirement: Secure $150 million in federal funding.

Incentive: Double student loan repayment programs for doctors who agree to practice in Iowa.

Here are the 14 Iowa hospital systems that could be part of the medical residency expansion:

• UnityPoint Health- St. Luke’s Hospital (Cedar Rapids)
• Mercy Medical Center (Cedar Rapids)
• Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital (Council Bluffs)
• Genesis Medical Center (Davenport)
• UnityPoint -Iowa Methodist Medical Center (Des Moines)
• MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center
• Broadlawns Medical Center (Des Moines)
• UnityPoint Health-Trinity Regional Medical Center (Fort Dodge)
• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Iowa City)
• MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Mason City)
• UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s (Sioux City)
• MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center (Sioux City)
• MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
• UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital (Waterloo)

(Hospital information provided by Governor Reynolds’ staff)

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