Medicaid deal could be good for Iowa
Gazette Editorial Board—Gov. Terry Branstad should not be too quick to reject an expanded Medicaid program for Iowans just because Supreme Court justices have ruled he can.Such a knee-jerk response...
View ArticleIowans urge state senators to expand Medicaid coverage
Iowans facing tough financial challenges packed a Senate subcommittee Monday to urge state senators to expand Medicaid coverage to another 150,000 state residents.“Expanding Medicaid for Iowans is...
View ArticleParticipation in low-income health care plan up sharply in Iowa
Participation in a state program that provides limited health coverage to low-income Iowans has jumped dramatically since the Legislature and former Gov. Tom Vilsack launched IowaCare in fiscal 2006,...
View ArticleBranstad pushing ahead with IowaCare waiver request, rather than Medicaid...
Gov. Terry Branstad said Tuesday he will move ahead with plans to request a federal waiver to broaden and improve the IowaCare program rather than expand Medicaid coverage to another 150,000...
View ArticleIowa Senate passes Medicaid expansion bill
DES MOINES — The Democratic-controlled Iowa Senate, on a party-line 26-23 vote, approved a major expansion of Medicaid coverage for at least 100,000 needy Iowans last night over the objections of Gov....
View ArticleLawmakers winnow their remaining 2013 session work
A small number of bills managed to eke under the wire Thursday while many others failed their last-gasp efforts to survive a self-imposed deadline designed to winnow the split-control Legislature’s...
View ArticleIowa House, Senate plod toward adjournment
The legislative pace at the Capitol has slowed considerably as Democrats and Republicans narrow their work load to a dwindling number of priority bills they must do before they adjourn their 2013...
View ArticleIowa Senate approves expanded DNA profiling
DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate voted Wednesday to give law enforcement expanded authority to take DNA samples from people convicted of less-serious crimes classified as aggravated misdemeanors over...
View Article“Real progress” reported in Iowa Legislative talks
DES MOINES — Roving bands of lawmakers occasionally meeting to discuss unresolved priority issues were the few public vestiges of progress being made Thursday as the split-control Legislature pushed...
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Branstad points to special session on health-care dispute
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad signaled Tuesday that he believes the issue of expanding health care coverage for low-income Iowans is too complicated to fix now and he favors calling lawmakers back...
View ArticleIowa Legislature health care negotiators hopeful of compromise
Key legislators and Gov. Terry Branstad expressed optimism Monday that progress was being made to forge a “hybrid” health care compromise that would merge elements of the governor’s “Healthy Iowa” plan...
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Iowa Legislature 2013 adjournment in sight, leaders say
People walk by the Westward mural in the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Tuesday February 1, 2011. (Stephen Mally/Freelance)The split-control Legislature inched toward adjournment on its 18th day...
View ArticleBranstad, Iowa legislators reach health-care expansion accord
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad and legislative negotiators have hammered out a bipartisan agreement to use federal money to expand health-care coverage to needy Iowans by financing insurance premiums...
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Branstad commends Legislature for 2013 work
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad addresses the Linn Eagles at the Cedar Rapids Country Club on Friday, Jan. 13, 2011, in Cedar Rapids. Branstad and Reynolds are bringing the Condition of the State address...
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