Iowa Medicaid Enterprises says it will host a series of town halls May 6- May 16 for health care providers …
Articles Tagged: Health Care Policies
Government & Politics May. 3, 2019 10:40 pm2316d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds gave her approval Friday evening to two emotionally charged measures that surfaced only in …
Government & Politics May. 3, 2019 8:08 am2317d ago
DES MOINES – U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has shared on the campaign trail the story of her father’s struggles with …
Health Care and Medicine May. 1, 2019 12:01 pm2319d ago
A measure to expand Iowa’s medical marijuana program will open the door to more patients and new products to help …
Government & Politics Apr. 25, 2019 4:23 pm2324d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa’s senior U.S. senator said he supports the president’s efforts to change the Affordable Care Act within …
Health Care and Medicine Apr. 18, 2019 6:16 pm2331d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Local health care providers say they often struggle to address an individual’s needs outside the clinic, such …
Government & Politics Apr. 12, 2019 6:50 pm2337d ago
JOHNSTON – Since the Iowa Legislature first passed a law in 2014 to allow the use of medical cannabis, lawmakers …
Health Care and Medicine Apr. 8, 2019 11:20 pm2341d ago
Under a proposal introduced to the State Legislature by Gov. Kim Reynolds this year, women in Iowa could obtain birth …
Government & Politics Apr. 9, 2019 3:47 pm2340d ago
Iowa’s Medicaid program, and the people involved in it, were thrown through a loop this past week. While many details …
Health Care and Medicine Apr. 5, 2019 5:17 pm2344d ago
More than 600,000 poor and disabled individuals in Iowa rely on Medicaid. But the announcement on March 29 from UnitedHealthcare …
By Bill Lukitsch and Matt Enright, Quad City Times
Government & Politics Apr. 1, 2019 8:38 pm2348d ago
Iowa Democratic U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack said Monday the impending exit of UnitedHealthcare from Iowa’s Medicaid program is ‘a disaster” …
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 29, 2019 9:37 pm2351d ago
UnitedHealthcare of the River Valley, the insurer that handles coverage for hundreds of thousands of Iowans on Medicaid, is withdrawing …
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 28, 2019 8:42 pm2352d ago
Approximately 11.4 million people enrolled in a health plan through the federal Affordable Care Act exchanges to cover the cost …
Government & Politics Mar. 26, 2019 10:11 pm2354d ago
DES MOINES – Without expanding the list of conditions medical marijuana may be used to treat, the Iowa House on …
Government & Politics Mar. 8, 2019 2:27 pm2372d ago
DES MOINES – An administration code that restricted Iowans from using Medicaid funds for gender-affirming surgeries has been struck down …