Tag Archives: Iowa medicaid privatization

Iowa Issues Lost In Trump Blather

Posted on September 26, 2020 by

Had the pleasure of joining in on a virtual fundraiser for state senatorial candidate Chris Brase from Muscatine the other night. Brase is a former state senator who lost his seat in 2016. In his pre-legislative days, Brase was a … Continue reading →

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What Is This Woman Thinking?

Posted on November 3, 2018 by

video 30 seconds: It is not my custom to run an ad for a Republican candidate but this one just cries out for analysis. It would be hard to do analysis without viewing the object to be analyzed. So forgive … Continue reading →

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Health Care, Health Care, Health Care!

Posted on July 7, 2018 by

We spent most of the holiday in the emergency room with an elderly relative. For those who have been in a similar situation you know that you will have a lot of time on your hands while waiting for test … Continue reading →

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Iowa’s Medicaid Toothache

Posted on July 5, 2018 by

I worked as an admissions clerk at the University of Iowa Dental Clinic after graduate school. We saw patients from all around Iowa — wealthy patients with private insurance, indigents with limited means, and everyone in between. Anyone who came … Continue reading →

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Inequality Kim

Posted on May 20, 2018 by

In the year or so that Kim Reynolds has been in charge of the state government and for the 6+ years that she was Branstad’s top lieutenant one thing seems to stand out as her main focus: widening the inequality … Continue reading →

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Loebsack: Iowa Medicaid Experiment Has Failed

Posted on March 30, 2017 by

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dave Loebsack released the following statement today after a report from the Des Moines Register showed that the Federal Government could be on the hook to pay $225 million to the private, for-profit insurance companies who … Continue reading →

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Democrats Continue To Run On Issues

Posted on October 16, 2016 by

As Republicans across the country and across Iowa run on fear and hate, Democrats continue to run on actual issues. This is often overlooked by the corporate media. Donald Trump himself has so confused things that he has decided to … Continue reading →

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Privatization

Posted on June 19, 2016 by

Iowa’s recent very unpopular and poorly thought out experience with the privatization of the administration of Medicaid in Iowa makes one wonder what are the roots of privatization in this country and how pervasive is privatization. Much like guns or … Continue reading →

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Privatization Has Consequences

Posted on April 20, 2016 by

 

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The Courtney Report

Posted on April 10, 2016 by

(ed. note: The excerpts this week focus on getting help for Medicaid recipients who have been left behind by the rush to privatization. More of Sen. Courtney’s newsletter can be found here) UPCOMING PUBLIC FORUMS Burlington Medicaid listening session – … Continue reading →

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