Articles Tagged: Health Care Policies

Iowa House Republicans and Iowa Senate Democrats introduced their respective legislative proposals Tuesday to ensure safety, support and accountability in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.

My sense of memory is freakishly above average. I can rattle off my debit card number, driver’s license number, and …

In a call with reporters Wednesday, Iowa’s U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley also shrugged off former President Donald Trump’s latest call to scrap Obamacare, saying Republicans are working to bring health care costs down, but have little interest in rehashing the fight to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

An estimated 6 million Americans will be getting a check this year

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced Thursday that Iowa will receive more than $1 million for 35,000 Iowans who unnecessarily paid for tax services from TurboTax.

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.