Medicaid

In her Condition of the State address Tuesday night, Reynolds said now that President-elect Trump will be taking office, she will ask for federal permission to establish work requirements for “able-bodied” Iowans who get health insurance through Medicaid.

Starting this month, Iowa Medicaid will start covering postpartum care for 12 months. Previously, coverage ended at 60 days.

May 1 marked a year since Iowa started disenrolling those no longer eligible from Medicaid. The number of Iowans disenrolled so far exceeds the state's initial projections.

More Iowans with disabilities who work could qualify for government-funded health coverage through Medicaid under a bill in the Iowa House of Representatives. But those who have been pushing for changes say it wouldn’t go far enough to ensure disabled Iowans can continue to receive services if they get a job promotion or get married.

On this legislative episode of River to River, we look at some of the bills regarding reproductive health that have advanced at the Iowa Capitol.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal to extend Medicaid pregnancy coverage from 60 days postpartum to a year after giving birth passed in the Senate Monday. Her bill would also lower the program’s income limit so fewer pregnant Iowans and infants would qualify for Medicaid, keeping government costs from significantly increasing.

Iowa would become one of the last states to extend Medicaid coverage for pregnant women 12 months after giving birth under a bill advanced by a Senate subcommittee Monday.

A Washington Post reporter discusses his investigation into numerous cases of neglect at assisted living facilities around the country.

Iowa is seeing a critical gap in dentists who take patients with Medicaid coverage according to the dental director of one of the state’s community health centers.

Thousands of people have been mistakenly dropped off Medicaid and CHIP since the Spring. System glitches are behind this undue massive loss of coverage.