Iowans with Disabilities say income and asset limits for Medicaid eligibility keep them from working as much as they wish and they’re asking legislators to make changes. During a news conference in ...

President Donald Trump’s attempt to freeze billions of dollars in federal funding was blocked by a federal judge just an hour ...

The ideas being proposed could amount to more than $2 trillion of cuts to the countrys public health insurance program for ...

Thousands of nonprofit groups in Iowa face uncertainty as a new federal funding freeze disrupts their operations.

The Des Moines Register will have complete coverage of Christensen's 2025 address at DesMoinesRegister.com and in our free Iowa Politics Newsletter. Property tax cuts, Medicaid, higher ed ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will ask the Trump administration to approve Medicaid work requirements. In her Condition of the State address Tuesday night, Reynolds said now that President-elect Trump ...

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services ... She’ll also propose to have Medicaid reimburse medical providers at higher rates for more complicated pregnancies, rather than the single ...

instituting work requirements for some Iowans on Medicaid and doubling down on government efficiency. Reynolds, a Republican, laid out an array of policies in her annual Condition of the State address ...

For most of its history, Medicaid, the joint state and federal health insurance program for people with low income, has not tied eligibility to employment. This changed during the first Trump ...

Reynolds said she plans to apply for a federal waiver to implement Medicaid work requirements for able-bodied adults when President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Iowa will not be the only state ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday he wants to let low-income parents with young kids enroll without working in a Medicaid program that provides coverage for some able-bo ...

Property tax cuts, Medicaid, higher ed: 5 issues to watch in the 2025 Iowa Legislature Meet the 2025 freshman class: How 9 new Iowa lawmakers will shape the legislative session Who are the leaders ...