by Radio Iowa Contributor | Mar 31, 2023 | Health & Medicine, News
Starting tomorrow, state officials may begin terminating Medicaid health care coverage for thousands of Iowans who were enrolled in the program during the pandemic. Since the start of the federal public health emergency in March 2020, anyone who initially qualified...
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 21, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
House Democrats are planning to push to make contraceptives, like the pill, available without a prescription. Representative Lindsay James, a Democrat from Dubuque, says pharmacists in 20 states are able to provide birth control without a doctor’s prescription....
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 17, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
The Iowa House has unanimously passed a bill requiring insurance companies to cover the cost of replacing child safety seats that are damaged in accidents. Some insurance companies deny coverage if a child was not in a safety seat at the time of the crash or if the...
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 14, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
The legislature is sending Governor Kim Reynolds a bill setting up a state process so small Iowa hospitals may be licensed as a Rural Emergency Hospital. Under federal rules, Rural Emergency Hospitals may discontinue in-patient care, while keeping out-patient services...
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 7, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Republicans in the Iowa Senate have scheduled debate today on the governor’s bill to reduce the number of state agencies from 37 to 16 and give Governor Kim Reynolds authority to set the pay for her top administrators. Among the 16 state departments, the bill...