Omaha resident Melody Sheldon said she supports funding for Medicare and Medicaid, a potential target of budget cuts in the legislation. Her brother, Oliver, relies on Medicare to pay for his ...

Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Some able-bodied Iowans who are covered by Medicaid would be subject to work requirements under legislation signed into law Friday by Gov.

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed more than 20 bills into law Friday, including funding for the state’s Opioid Settlement Fund and state-level Medicaid work requirements. This was not the only measure Reynolds ...

Republicans say that able-bodied adults who don’t work would lose Medicaid coverage under the House tax-cuts-and-spending bill, while Democrats say the legislation would hurt vulnerable groups.

WEBSITE. NEW AT FIVE DISABILITY ADVOCATES IN IOWA SAY THEY HAVE CONCERNS WITH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL AND HOW IT COULD IMPACT IOWANS ON MEDICAID. THE HEALTH CARE ADVOCACY ...

Sen. Joni Ernst's comment, "we are all going to die," to a question about Medicaid changes under the new bill has sparked controversy. The proposed bill would require nondisabled Medicaid ...

In May, CBO asserted that about 10 million people would lose their Medicaid coverage by 2034 if the bill passed. CBO blames Republican reforms like Medicaid work requirements, more frequent ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a law implementing work requirements for 171,000 Iowans on Medicaid, the state receives approval from the Trump administration. Iowans on the state's Medicaid ...

Lawmakers have begun lobbying the lobbyists: asking health care interests to keep quiet — or speak up — about potential cuts to Medicaid, which will put 10.9 million people at risk of losing ...

Sarah Trone Garriott, a Democrat running for Congress in Iowa's 3rd District, held a roundtable with health care providers June 4 to discuss Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump's tax cut package.