Articles Tagged: Health Care Policies

Iowa House lawmakers this week advanced several bills aimed at closing Iowa's growing shortage of physicians.

Plans outlined this week by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds to address the state’s physician shortage by increasing medical residency slots in the state could help bolster access to physician services and rural health care. One Iowa hospital CEO says the challenge will be making sure new residency slots can be supported at hospitals across the state.

Also, the state workforce agency announced details on new health care worker grants that Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds highlighted in her Condition of the State address

The governor, in her annual Condition of the State Address, also proposes $1 million to start new cancer research effort.

Also, a baby girl born Nov. 11 was surrendered through Iowa’s Safe Haven Law

Also, USDA announces $18.4 million for nearly 200 REAP projects in Iowa

Also, Health Insurance Marketplace open enrollment begins Friday

Also, man who killed Algona police officer sentenced to life in prison

An early proposal separated the counties; local advocates expressed hope they could remain together to capitalize on access centers and existing partnerships

The new abortion restrictions include exceptions for rape, incest and the mother’s health, but doctors say the law’s language is inadequate and forces them to make legal instead of medical determinations

The President of the American Medical Association says doctors are being driven out of the field by low reimbursement rates, increased administrative burden, and high student debt.

GOP Sen. Brad Zaun said he stopped the bill, which was approved by House Republicans, over concerns it would threaten the legality of in vitro fertilization

Staffing agencies, whose rates would be capped by the bill, warn the proposal could cause nurses to leave the agencies and thus worsen the nursing home worker shortage

From Gazette columnist Althea Cole: Leading trans health authority trades science for politics while ignoring severity of potential complications from treatment.

Christina Bohannan, the Democrat vying for Iowa’s 1st District, is urging stronger protections for IVF after an Alabama Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos are children under state law. She criticized her opponent, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, for supporting bills stating life begins at conception.