While sitting on a House subcommittee that oversees drug pricing, Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks was renting her DC apartment from lobbyists paid millions to fight prescription drug cost...
Slotkin came to Iowa with a warning: the healthcare crisis hitting rural communities isn't coming—it's already here. US Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan made a stop in Iowa on Tuesday to campaign...
Democratic congressional candidate Sarah Trone Garriott held a roundtable in Ottumwa where local health care professionals and patients discussed the closure of MercyOne's Ottumwa clinic and how...
The Affordable Care Act turns 16 this month. Before it passed, insurers could deny you coverage for a pre-existing condition, cut you off when your bills got too high, and charge you full price...
Leisa and Kent Walker recently received a disturbing notice: The private company managing their son’s Medicaid coverage intends to cut nearly 40% of what it spends for caregivers who help him live at home instead of in a nursing home.
Legislators have been happy to prosecute abortion providers in the past. But their new move is to target Iowans who get abortions themselves, classifying the procedure as a homicide. Iowa...
Health policy changes in Washington will ripple through the country, resulting in millions of Americans losing their Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage and becoming uninsured. But there are still ways to find care.
US Rep. Zach Nunn’s position on expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits has been all over the place in recent weeks. Nunn, the Republican congressman from Iowa's Third District, signed on to...
After a delayed vote because of the government shutdown, hundreds of nurses at four UnityPoint Health hospitals in the Des Moines area are voting this weekend on whether to unionize with...
Saturday is Nov. 1, and Nov. 1 is when the monthlong federal government shutdown—assuming it hasn't been lifted—will become very personal and very real. There are two big reasons for that. First:...
