by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 17, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
A state law is now effect to limit medical malpractice claims for non-economic or so-called “pain and suffering” damages. Governor Kim Reynolds was surrounded by a large crowd yesterday as she held a bill signing ceremony in her statehouse office....
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 8, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Most Republicans in the Iowa House and Senate have voted to set limits on pain and suffering damages from medical malpractice lawsuits. The move has been one of the governor’s priorities. Under the new guidelines, those non-economic damages for medical...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 16, 2023 | Health & Medicine, News
A bill introduced in the Iowa House would set up a state licensing process for “rural emergency hospitals.” Federal rules now let small rural hospitals discontinue in-patient care and just provide an emergency room and outpatient services. Representative...
by Dar Danielson | Jan 12, 2023 | Health & Medicine, News
The Marketplace open enrollment period for people who don’t have health insurance ends this weekend. Regional Administrator Sharon Graham says there’s still time to sign up. “It’s ending on January 15th. So that’s this Sunday, January 15th. And...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 28, 2022 | News, Politics & Government
A top GOP leader says enacting limits on what judges and juries can award in medical malpractice lawsuits will be a priority for the 2023 legislature. Senate Republican Leader Jack Whitver says in the past six years, the Senate has passed two different limits or caps...