Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have scheduled a vote Tuesday to move forward with their party’s budget blueprint.

U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson joined House Republicans in voting for a budget framework that calls for steep spending cuts, but she said this week that "we want to protect the most vulnerable" as they look at programs like Medicaid.

Collection agents for the state of Iowa have sent letters seeking millions of dollars from the estates of at least two people with disabilities who died after spending most of their lives in a state institution. The amounts represent what Medicaid spent co ...

Some Iowans receiving state-funded Medicaid coverage and food assistance would be required to work at least 80 hours a month to receive benefits under legislation critics say would put thousands of vulnerable Iowans at risk.

Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill creating work requirements for Medicaid and expanding work requirements for food stamps.  The bill, House Study Bill 248, would require that Iowa Health and Human Services,

Legislators may launch a study of how weight loss drugs might reduce costs in the Iowa Medicaid program. Jeffrey Boeyink is a lobbyist for Eli Lilly the company which has proposed a bill on the topic.

“So there’s nothing specific about Medicaid in the resolution ... economy if we don't get our arms around that first.” Iowa Democrats have scheduled protests outside Nunn’s Des Moines ...

Others are advocating for new work requirements for Medicaid recipients. "Rep. Zach Nunn is committed to delivering Iowa common sense in our nation's capital," Nunn's spokesperson, Emily Tuttle ...

Murphy said in an email to KFF Health News that such letters are sent after every death of an Iowa Medicaid recipient who was at least 55 years old or who lived in a long-term care facility.

Like Higgins, Tomlyn thought her Medicaid recovery bill came from state officials because it was printed on letterhead from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. The people who signed ...

Collection agents for the state of Iowa have sent letters seeking millions ... The amounts represent what Medicaid spent covering the residents’ care when they lived at the Glenwood Resource ...