Iowa's Medicaid program will no longer cover gender-affirming surgeries and hormone therapies for transgender Iowans.

The legislation was designed by Iowa House Republicans to increase regulations of Summit Carbon Solutions' estimated $8.9 ...

The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act is proposing to cut billions from Medicaid, which could affect coverage for thousand of ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law June 6 requiring tens of thousands of Iowans on Medicaid to work or lose their health care ...

The Iowa state government will be dipping into reserve funds to meet spending obligations in the 2026 fiscal year under the budget passed by lawmakers in 2025 — a decision ...

Lawmakers are claiming they're actually "protecting" Medicaid by kicking millions off of the program and decreasing spending ...

A view of CHI St. Alexius Health Bismarck Medical Center. Medicaid reforms in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” are unlikely to lead to major challenges for the state’s ...

“Medicaid is not, and cannot be, a backdoor pathway to subsidize open borders,” CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, said in a May 27 news release. “States have a duty to uphold the law and ...

My Medicaid story began when I could barely get out of bed. Every time l woke up, it was more difficult to sit up. I stuffed pillows under my neck and shoulders just so I could sit. Once sitting ...

In Iowa, nearly 700,000 people — including 300,000 children — rely on Medicaid for their health care, which is jointly funded by federal and state governments. These are our neighbors ...

Reynolds and legislative Republicans also passed new work requirements for able-bodied adults on Iowa Medicaid to maintain their health coverage, with exceptions for disabled individuals ...