by Dar Danielson | Feb 21, 2024 | Crime & Courts, News
Iowa’s Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner and AARP State Director are holding stops across the state to try and educate residents about scams. AARP director, Brad Anderson, says the latest scam uses A-I to fool elderly Iowans. “A criminal...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 20, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
The Iowa Senate has approved Governor Kim Reynolds’ proposal to extend pregnancy-related Medicaid coverage for 12 months rather than just 60 days after a baby is born. Senator Mark Costello, a Republican from Imogene, said it’s a way to help new mothers in...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 25, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Health care workers, including pharmacists, could refuse to provide any service that violates their ethical, moral or religious beliefs under a bill that’s cleared an Iowa Senate subcommittee. Tom Chapman is executive director of the Iowa Catholic Conference,...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 3, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
A coalition that includes patient advocacy groups and the Iowa Pharmacy Association is launching what they’re calling an “accountability project” focused on Pharmacy Benefit Managers. Pharmacy Benefit Managers or PBMs are companies that manage...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 21, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn is hoping to insert guaranteed federal investment in broadband infrastructure in the next Farm Bill. “I don’t need to tell anybody in Iowa who lives here right now that Iowa is 45th in the nation when it comes to broadband...