President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal drug policy that inches closer to what many states have done.
Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.
As the last working Sister at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids retires, their legacy and mission lives on in a new way.
Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks joined House GOP leaders to promote a health care overhaul they say would lower premiums and curb costs tied to the Affordable Care Act. But as Congress debates alternatives to extending ACA subsidies, some Iowa farmers who rely on the marketplace warn that expiring credits could trigger sharp premium hikes.
Nearly two dozen U.S. senators urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a letter, to “prioritize” a vaccine strategy for the highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Iowa U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is leading House Republicans’ latest effort to lower health care costs, pitching a plan she says targets the root causes of rising premiums as Democrats warn it fails to address the looming expiration of ACA subsidies and the impact on thousands of Iowans.
More than 136,000 Iowans purchased their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace this year. As premiums for many ACA plans are poised to skyrocket when tax credits expire at the end of this year, Iowans are weighing big decisions ahead of the Dec. 15 enrollment deadline.
Amid a surge of illnesses including whooping cough and influenza, several school districts across the state have had to cancel classes in recent weeks.
Iowa Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst backed a GOP plan built around expanded HSAs, opposing an extension of enhanced ACA premium tax credits set to lapse this month. Critics say the move risks steep premium hikes in January.
The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.
The company’s baby formula is produced and packaged at plants in Iowa and Oregon.
Spoiler alert: thorough hand washing, covering your cough and getting your annual flu shot are still the best ways to protect yourself and your loved ones
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services says it is changing the way Medicaid can be billed for certain services to get the state in compliance with the Affordable Care Act.
Curious Iowa investigates how medical waste is treated, transported and disposed of in Iowa.
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