Care Denied: How Iowa’s Medicaid maze is trapping sick and elderly patients in endless appeals Des Moines Register Special Ann Carrigan needs a special wheelchair to prevent her from choking. The 70-year-old Spencer, Iowa, woman [...]
10 issues likely on the agenda in the 2018 Iowa Legislature William Petroski, bpetrosk@dmreg.comPublished 2:00 p.m. CT Jan. 6, 2018 State lawmakers face numerous challenges for the session that begins Jan. 8, 2018. Wochit Debate is brewing [...]
Good riddance, AmeriHealth: One private Medicaid insurer down, two to go The Register's editorialPublished 2:54 p.m. CT Nov. 13, 2017 AmeriHealth exit is yet another reminder of the widespread disruption caused by privatizing Medicaid Goodbye, [...]
At Iowa DHS, staffing has dropped while caseloads have risen Brianne Pfannenstiel,bpfannenst@dmreg.com Published 7:00 p.m. CT Oct. 26, 2017 | Updated 7:15 p.m. CT Oct. 26, 2017 The number of front-line child abuse staffers at Iowa’s Department of Human [...]
Iowa GOP creating a friendly workplace, for lawyers So we the taxpayers are officially paying the $1.75 million bill to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit leveled against Republicans who run the Iowa Senate. This past [...]
While the state’s fiscal year ended back in June, lawmakers are still waiting to see if Gov. Reynolds will be forced to call us back into a special session to finally close the books on [...]
Barbara Rodriguez, Associated PressPublished 10:52 a.m. CT Sept. 10, 2017 An unusual attempt by Iowa to work with another state to transport medical marijuana oil across state lines is on hold amid legal concerns it could invite [...]
As complaints pile up, lawmakers overseeing Medicaid privatization haven't met this year Jason Clayworth,jclayworth@dmreg.comPublished 3:12 p.m. CT Aug. 20, 2017 | Updated 3:14 p.m. CT Aug. 20, 2017 A legislative committee tasked with oversight of the [...]
Allegations that private companies are terminating and reducing health services of Iowa's poorest and oldest populations has increased, multiple reports show Centered largely on allegations of terminated or reduced health services, complaints about Iowa’s privatized [...]
DES MOINES — Before the 2016 election, political advocacy groups funded by billionaire brothers from Kansas donated tens of thousands of dollars to Republican candidates for the Iowa Legislature and reached hundreds of thousands of [...]