Category Archives: medicaid expansion

Advocates For Iowa Medicaid To Hold Rally At State Capitol

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Trish Nelson

DES MOINES – Former Iowa Governor Chet Culver and a diverse group of health care providers, medical professionals, disability advocates, Medicaid beneficiaries and their families will be staging a rally at the Iowa State Capitol on Wednesday, February 24th, to … Continue reading →

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Updates From Senator Robb Hogg

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Dave Bradley

EDUCATION FUNDING The conference committee on the legislation (SF174) to fund our schools for the 2016-17 school year has met and informal discussions continue among the members of the committee. As you may know, the Senate has passed a 4 … Continue reading →

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The Courtney Report

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Dave Bradley

The Iowa Legislature is back in session. We are quite happy to once again turn a corner of this blog over to excerpts from the newsletter of State Senator Tom Courtney and occasionally others. The full newsletter can be read … Continue reading →

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Feds Wisely Delay Iowa’s Medicaid Privatization‏

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Dave Bradley

The decision by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week to delay privatization of Iowa’s Medicaid program is a victory for Medicaid recipients and providers. Thousands of Iowans have been telling us this for months: the … Continue reading →

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Branstad’s Record: Broken Promises and Handouts To Buddies

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Dave Bradley

A few days back, Terry Branstad became America’s longest serving governor. But that certainly does not imply that he has in any way been the most consequential governor in America nor in Iowa. What it does say is that the … Continue reading →

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Great Examples Of Why The Internet Must Remain Free

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Would We Have Heard Of These Without An Open Net? Boy, for a group of folks who spend most of their life pointing fingers and saying how much government sucks, Republicans sure can milk the the tax dollars for their … Continue reading →

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Ernst, Grassley Vote To Take Away Health Care

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Also vote to gut Planned Parenthood On a Senate vote using the reconciliation process to push a very bad Republican budget bill with amendments to dismantle the ACA (aka Obamacare) and to defund Planned Parenthood, Iowa’s two current Republican senators … Continue reading →

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Senators Mathis, Ragan, Jochum Go To Washington To Stop Branstad

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Hats off to Iowa state Senators Liz Mathis of Cedar Rapids, Amanda Ragan of Mason City and Senate president Pam Jochum of Dubuque for taking the fight against Governor Branstad’s raid on the Medicaid program in Iowa to Washington where … Continue reading →

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Medicaid Listening Sessions

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Trish Nelson

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be hosting a series of Listening Sessions regarding Iowa’s High Quality Health Care Initiative. The initiative proposes to move Iowa’s delivery of most Medicaid services to a managed care delivery system … Continue reading →

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Rob Hogg: Medicaid Mess And More

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Robb Hogg newsletter Nov.13 MEDICAID MESS Governor Branstad’s current push to privatize Iowa Medicaid has upset many Iowans. Critics say it tries to do too much too fast, and is too disorganized, and does not accomplish any public benefit. Last … Continue reading →

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