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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.
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Thousands of people have been mistakenly dropped off Medicaid and CHIP since the Spring. System glitches are behind this undue massive loss of coverage.
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Nursing homes provide a vital service for those who cannot live independently, but in Iowa, finding the right nursing home care can be incredibly challenging.
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A report by the March of Dimes found 33 of Iowa's 99 counties have no OB/GYN and no birthing hospitals or birthing centers.
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Iowa Health and Human Services officials said around 120,000 Iowans have been disenrolled since the start of Medicaid unwinding in April. About three-fourths of those have been for procedural reasons.
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For two years, federal funds have been available for states to extend postpartum health care from two months to a full year for moms on Medicaid. The policy is popular across the Midwest, with Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska all adopting an extension. Iowa remains hesitant.
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Thursday that puts new limits on public assistance programs that help low-income Iowans access food and health care.
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Policy experts say one way to help close the racial gap in maternal health outcomes is to ensure people on Medicaid don’t lose coverage two months after pregnancy.
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Republicans in the Iowa House sent a bill to the governor’s desk Thursday evening that would deny food assistance, known as SNAP, to households that have more than $15,000 in assets. That amount doesn’t include a home, one car of any value, and a second car worth up to $10,000.
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The end of COVID-19-era Medicaid benefits could impact millions of low-income Americans.