DES MOINES – Public health officials in Iowa are turning their attention away from flu cases and toward disease-transmitting ticks …
Articles Tagged: Health Care Policies
Health Care and Medicine Jun. 3, 2022 2:44 pm1236d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa’s Medicaid director Wednesday said state officials are working to calm concerns the program’s 700,000 members or …
Government & Politics May. 7, 2019 9:20 pm2358d ago
DES MOINES – A new state law that says the state’s civil rights protections do not require government health care …
By Thomas Nelson, Waterloo Courier
Government & Politics May. 6, 2019 8:17 pm2359d ago
CHARLES CITY – Almost two years ago, Charles City lost a child with promise. Monday, that child’s memory was ingrained …
Health Care and Medicine May. 6, 2019 5:21 pm2359d ago
Iowa Medicaid Enterprises says it will host a series of town halls May 6- May 16 for health care providers …
Government & Politics May. 3, 2019 10:40 pm2362d 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 am2363d 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 pm2365d 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 pm2371d 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 pm2377d 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 pm2383d 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 pm2387d 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 pm2387d 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 pm2390d 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 pm2394d ago
Iowa Democratic U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack said Monday the impending exit of UnitedHealthcare from Iowa’s Medicaid program is ‘a disaster” …