Articles Tagged: Health Care Policies

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill supporters say will help address the healthcare needs of Iowa’s underserved rural communities.

Major medical groups in the United States -- including the American Medical Association, American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics — say gender-affirming care is safe and encourage it as a treatment for gender dysphoria, which is when people feel like they are a different gender than their birth gender.

Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday signed into law a ban on gender-affirming care for minors, as well as transgender bathroom restrictions for schools.

I was ordered to leave the building and escorted out by Coralville police.

Also, Senate axes retail birth control from health care bill

Proponents of the legislation said it’s needed to help contain insurance costs for hospitals, and to help recruit and retain doctors, especially in rural areas of the state.

Senate Republicans advanced Gov. Kim Reynolds’ sweeping health care bill, but removed a provision that would allow pharmacists to dispense birth control without a prescription.

A subcommittee of Iowa House lawmakers this week advanced Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ wide-ranging health care bill.

Iowa lawmakers are moving forward with setting the state’s funding rate for K-12 public schools after passing a bill devoting millions to private school education assistance.

Iowa House lawmakers advanced legislation supporters say could provide a financial lifeline to Iowa’s small, rural hospitals that face closure.

The Republican won election over incumbent Mike Fitzgerald, the longest-serving state treasurer in U.S. history

But the state’s insurance commissioner worries the plans are becoming increasingly reliant on subsidies to remain affordable

President Joe Biden, whose son Beau died of cancer years after deploying to Iraq, signed legislation Wednesday expanding federal health care services for veterans who served at bases where toxic smoke billowed from “burn pits.”

Iowans owe an average

See how much Sen. Chuck Grassley has benefited from pharmaceutical industry contributions and why he still doesn’t support Medicare drug price negotiation in the Fact Checker’s first check on Mike Franken.