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Tag Archives: Iowa Medicaid
Attend Your Local Town Hall On Iowa’s Medicaid Mess
Action alert from Progress Iowa From cuts to services for Iowa’s most vulnerable – some people are even being denied coverage for their wheelchairs – to late reimbursements for providers, Governor Kim Reynolds’ Medicaid privatization scheme is a disaster. We can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Governor Kim Reynolds, Iowa Medicaid, Medicaid town halls
Republican Proposal To Ration Health Care
from the Iowa Senate Democrats – In the final days of the 2018 campaign, a Northwest Iowa State Senator may have mistakenly released the Republican Party of Iowa’s secret plan to “fix” the Medicaid privatization mess. During a forum last … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Iowa Medicaid, Iowa Republicans
Iowa’s Medicaid Toothache
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
Posted in Iowa Legislature
Tagged Iowa Medicaid, Iowa Medicaid changes, Iowa Medicaid cuts, Iowa medicaid privatization
Branstad’s Medicaid Debacle Moves Forward
Iowa Democrats are attempting damage control, but Branstad’s corporatization of Medicaid is yet another sad tale of what happens when Republicans get too much power. State Senator Amanda Ragan of Mason City gave her opening remarks today regarding SF 2213, … Continue reading
Democrats Lay Out Agenda For 2016 Legislative Session
Gronstal: “There is no net to the general fund. That is the fiction they’ve created.”
Posted in Iowa legislature 2016
Tagged Equal Pay, Iowa Medicaid, K-12 School Funding
Update On Branstad’s Plan To Corporatize Medicaid
Iowans for Quality Medicaid On Monday, the Iowa Legislature’s Health Policy Oversight Committee will meet at 10am at the State Capitol to get an update on the Governor’s plan to privatize Medicaid. If you can’t make it, you can watch … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Health Care & Medicare, Iowa Legislature
Tagged Branstad, Iowa Medicaid, Iowa medicaid privatization
Why Is Governor Branstad Dismantling Medicaid?
From the newsletter of Senator Bolkcom (D) – Iowa City BRANSTAD HEADLONG RUSH TO PRIVATIZE MEDICAID Medicaid provides health coverage to just over a half million of the most vulnerable people in our state, including seniors, families and children, pregnant … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad
Tagged Governor Branstad, Iowa legislative session 2015, Iowa Medicaid, Senator Joe Bolkcom
Framing the Medicaid Debate
Our family has been able to afford health insurance, and has had continuous coverage since my career in transportation began in 1984. It is a budget priority, regardless of our work situation. With the April 2013 16.3 percent increase from … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa Legislature, medicaid expansion
Tagged affordable care act, hawk-i, Iowa Medicaid, IowaCare, Jennifer Vermeer, Medicaid expansion, medicare, obamacare
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Contact Governor Branstad About Medicaid Health Coverage
Bring your tax dollars home! If you think it’s unfair that Iowa could get less access to health coverage than those in other states — especially when your tax dollars are helping pay for it — tell your lawmakers and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Governor Branstad, Iowa Medicaid, Medicaid expansion
Have I Gone To Hell?
I am writing this on Monday as it crosses my heat weary mind. Over the years, many folks have invited me to take a trip south, to a place called Hell. I have graciously declined knowing that our travel budget is … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Clean Elections, David Loebsack, Vote Fraud, womens rights
Tagged drought, hell, Iowa Medicaid, unions