Articles Tagged: Health Care Policies

DES MOINES – A House committee pushed through Gov. Terry Branstad’s Healthy Iowa plan Monday even as some members of the …

DES MOINES – Iowa senators agreed Tuesday to pump nearly $43 million in additional state surplus dollars into mental health …

DES MOINES – Amid the partisan war of words over expanding health care access to more low-income Iowans there are …

Gov. Terry Branstad is being advised to spend his time on a long flight to China later this week reading …

Gov. Terry Branstad isn’t giving up on his plan to make Iowa the healthiest state, even though his plan has …

More than a quarter of a million Iowans will qualify for health care tax credits starting next year as part …

DES MOINES – Details of Gov. Terry Branstad’s Medicaid alternative hit the House floor Thursday in a 21-page bill that …

State funding for Medicaid is slated to run out in early June, putting additional pressure on state lawmakers to resolve …

The Iowa Senate took steps Wednesday to protect school children and homebuyers from the harmful effects of radon gas. Senators …

UPDATE: A Republican state senator said Tuesday he will seek legislative support to prohibit state resources being used to facilitate …

Gov. Terry Branstad said Tuesday he will move ahead with plans to request a federal waiver to broaden and improve …

Iowa Senators grudgingly agreed Tuesday to provide $11.6 million in transition funds for counties struggling to meet mental health cost …

Participation in a state program that provides limited health coverage to low-income Iowans has jumped dramatically since the Legislature and …

DES MOINES – Counties struggling to meet mental-health obligations would get $11.6 million in transition funds yet this fiscal year …

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