Democrats protest potential Medicaid cuts outside Zach Nunn's office as GOP weighs budget
Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have scheduled a vote Tuesday to move forward with their party’s ...
Univeristy of Iowa Daily Iowan4d
Iowa lawmakers advance bill to place work requirements for public assistance programs
Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill creating work requirements for Medicaid and expanding work requirements for food stamps.  The ...
Medicaid in Iowa billed 2 grieving families $4M after their disabled loved ones died
After their loved one died at a state-run center in Iowa, families got a letter from the state. It offered condolences. And ...
Sioux City Journal3d
Bill proposes work requirements for some Iowans receiving state Medicaid, food assistance
Republicans this week advanced legislation that would require Iowa seek a federal approval to include work requirements as a ...
The Gazette13d
Iowa Medicaid sends $4M bills to two families grieving deaths of loved ones with disabilities
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.
Radio Iowa6d
Would coverage of weight loss drugs reduce Iowa Medicaid costs?
Legislators may launch a study of how weight loss drugs might reduce costs in the Iowa Medicaid program. Jeffrey Boeyink is a ...
ConsumerAffairs3d
Loss of Medicaid would be 'devastating,' Illinois governor warns
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker warned Friday that potential Medicaid cuts proposed by President Donald Trump and Congressional ...
Cancer is rising in Iowa, but survival rates are high. Could funding cuts jeopardize that?
State researchers raise fears about the impact of federal funding cuts on cancer research and survival rates in Iowa.
Des Moines Register6d
Democrats protest potential Medicaid cuts outside Zach Nunn's office as GOP weighs budget
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 ...
The Gazette4d
Bill proposes work requirements for some Iowans receiving state Medicaid, food assistance
Currently, Medicaid eligibility in Iowa is based on income and whether a person has a disability. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds proposed work requirements for Iowa Medicaid recipients who are able-bodied ...
Medical Xpress8d
Iowa Medicaid sends $4M bills to two families grieving deaths of loved ones with disabilities
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 ...