Rep. Ashley Hinson: Republicans want to cut Medicaid fraud, not benefits with new budget
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson joined House Republicans in voting for a budget framework that calls for steep spending cuts, but she ...
Democrats protest potential Medicaid cuts outside Zach Nunn's office as GOP weighs budget
Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have scheduled a vote Tuesday to move forward with their party’s ...
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Iowa Medicaid Sends $4M Bills to Two Families Grieving Deaths of Loved Ones With Disabilities
Collection agents for the state of Iowa have sent letters seeking millions of dollars from the estates of at least two people ...
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Bill proposes work requirements for some Iowans receiving state Medicaid, food assistance
Some Iowans receiving state-funded Medicaid coverage and food assistance would be required to work at least 80 hours a month ...
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Iowa lawmakers advance bill to place work requirements for public assistance programs
Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill creating work requirements for Medicaid and expanding work requirements for food stamps.  The ...
Rep. Zach Nunn won't say how he'd vote on Medicaid cuts as US House readies budget proposal
"Let's not lock ourselves into anything right now until we actually get the reconciliation package,” U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn, an ...
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Would coverage of weight loss drugs reduce Iowa Medicaid costs?
Legislators may launch a study of how weight loss drugs might reduce costs in the Iowa Medicaid program. Jeffrey Boeyink is a ...
Cancer is rising in Iowa, but survival rates are high. Could funding cuts jeopardize that?
State researchers raise fears about the impact of federal funding cuts on cancer research and survival rates in Iowa.
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Iowa Medicaid sends $4M bills to two families grieving deaths of loved ones with disabilities
Like Higgins, Tomlyn thought her Medicaid recovery bill came from state officials because it was printed on letterhead from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. The people who signed ...
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Iowa Medicaid sends $4M bills to two families grieving deaths of loved ones with disabilities
Murphy said in an email to KFF Health News that such letters are sent after every death of an Iowa Medicaid recipient who was at least 55 years old or who lived in a long-term care facility.
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Iowa Medicaid sends $4M bills to two families grieving deaths of loved ones with disabilities
Collection agents for the state of Iowa have sent letters seeking millions ... The amounts represent what Medicaid spent covering the residents’ care when they lived at the Glenwood Resource ...