Tag Archives: ACA

Holiday Caroling And Rally At Your Favorite MAGA Rep’s Office

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Up on Capitol Hill, Mariannette Miller-Meeks Votes for tariffs! Cuts healthcare! It’s our money she seeks! She steals from the ones she’s elected to serve To give her billionaire friends tax breaks they don’t deserve. This season of giving, she’s … Continue reading →

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The Health Care Abomination That Is America

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Paul Deaton

Dec. 15 is the deadline to sign up on the ACA marketplace for health insurance effective Jan 1, 2025. When I left the company and career of 25 years, securing health insurance was an issue. That was July 2009. There … Continue reading →

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Wellmark’s Proposed Rate Increase Could Affect 60,000 Iowans

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI):  Tell the Iowa Insurance Division: say “NO” to Wellmark’s premium increase Despite solid revenues during the COVID-19 pandemic, Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is proposing upwards of a 21% premium increase … Continue reading →

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Iowa’s Three Congressional Democrats Send Letter To Attorney General Barr

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Trish Nelson

Iowa Democrats Call on Trump Administration to Halt Efforts to Strike Down ACA Protections Eliminating ACA strips patient protections, including coverage of pre-existing conditions, reopens donut hole and kicks young adults off parents’ care Washington, D.C. – Today, Iowa’s three … Continue reading →

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Joni Ernst Co-Sponsors Repeal of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Trish Nelson

*UPDATE*  See blogforiowa.com/gop-have-we-got-a-plan-for-you/ Blog for Iowa called Ernst’s office and was told there is no Republican health care plan on the table or in the works.  See the conversation at blogforiowa.com/2015/01/24/about-that-replacement-health-care-plan-ms-ernst/   This confirms that the “replace” part of  “repeal and … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Things Iowa Will Regret About 2014

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Regrets, there have been a few but not too few to mention!  BFIA has compiled a list of decisions made over the past year that we predict are going to turn out to be very, very bad indeed.  Happy new … Continue reading →

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Today On The Fallon Forum: GMOs, Pipelines, ACA

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Trish Nelson

Catch this week’s Fallon Forum live on Monday from 11:00 am – 12:00 noon on KDLF 1260 AM “La Reina.” Join the conversation by calling in at (515) 528-8122. And you can hear the Fallon Forum on KHOI 89.1 FM … Continue reading →

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Dangers Of The Hobby Lobby Ruling

Posted on August 7, 2014 by bfiaralphscharnau

Across country there has been a storm of lawsuits. They reflect contested rights as some businesses and institutions ask for express legal permission to use religion to discriminate based on sexual orientation, sex and gender identity. Just over a month … Continue reading →

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Health Care: More Games By The Insurance Companies

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Dave Bradley

The following is an email I sent to one person at Coventry who had been helpful in my getting coverage after finding that the so-called Silver Plan I had did not cover what I had been lead to believe it … Continue reading →

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Thank You, Mr. Loebsack

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Dave Bradley

Loebsack Amendment: Don’t Mess with Medicare Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dave Loebsack today offered an amendment to protect Iowa’s and our nation’s seniors. The amendment says don’t cut Medicare, don’t eliminate its guaranteed benefits and don’t turn it into a … Continue reading →

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