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COVID-19 hit Iowa hospitals' income hard, new data show

Seventy-six of Iowa’s 82 critical access hospitals ended the last fiscal year with negative operating margins, an IowaWatch analysis of their most recently reported financial data shows. Iowa’s situation falls in line with a national report that shows 46% of the nation’s rural hospitals are working

By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch

/ 16 Feb 2021

COVID-19 hit Iowa hospitals' income hard, new data show

Lack Of Portable Insurance Adds Health Care Burden To Migrant Workers

Briana Reha-Klenske starts helping migrant farmworkers lacking insurance who need medical care by asking: for how long are you in Iowa? A bilingual health care manager, her patients are migrant farmworkers who are only in Iowa during the summers, which limits her ability to help.

By Lily Bohlke

/ 13 Aug 2018

Lack Of Portable Insurance Adds Health Care Burden To Migrant Workers

Evans: Is This How Iowa Wants To Save Money?

Don’t be surprised if a guy named Jamie Campbell turns out to be one of the key players in the 2018 race for Iowa governor. Campbell’s name will

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 11 Jul 2018

Evans: Is This How Iowa Wants To Save Money?

Podcast: Living With The Threat Of Alzheimer's

The growing number of aging Iowans means more are dealing with Alzheimer's disease. Some 64,000 in the state suffer from this disease at a time when Iowa is tightening its Medicaid system, which pays for long-term nursing home care for Alzheimer's patients.

By Cindy Hadish and Lyle Muller, with Jeff Stein

/ 16 Oct 2017

Podcast: Living With The Threat Of Alzheimer's

‘Alzheimer’s Tsunami’ Threatens Growing Dementia Care Demand As Medicaid Funding Gets Tighter

Several times a week, Lou Stepanek drives to the Hiawatha Care Center in Iowa to spend time with someone who hasn't seemed to recognize him for more than a decade: his wife.

By Cindy Hadish

/ 9 Oct 2017

‘Alzheimer’s Tsunami’ Threatens Growing Dementia Care Demand As Medicaid Funding Gets Tighter

Enjoyable Memories — And Those That Are Haunting

A summer vacation that is riveted in my memory was in August 1962 when my parents, my two brothers and I piled into our Dodge and headed for Washington, D.C. This vacation was all about history.

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 30 Jun 2017

Enjoyable Memories — And Those That Are Haunting

Brace Yourself For This Debate Coming To Iowa

Watch out Iowa. Our political leaders seem to get many of their ideas from our neighbors in Wisconsin, and the latest idea being considered there is a real doozy.

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 1 Jun 2017

Brace Yourself For This Debate Coming To Iowa

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Issues That Plagued Last Year's Legislative Session Return In 2016

The Iowa legislature is back in session. We'll talk with lawmakers from both parties, from around the state, about their priorities for this year's session, and hear from analysts about what they expect.

By Jeff Stein

/ 25 Jan 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Issues That Plagued Last Year's Legislative Session Return In 2016

Governor Says Medicaid Funding Decision For Abortions Would Be Tough, But He Could Make It

One decision that state law says Iowa's governor has to make has eluded Gov. Terry Branstad: whether or not to reimburse University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for Medicaid-funded abortions. It would be a tough decision, and he could make it, Branstad said in an IowaWatch interview, but he would n

By Jacob Luplow

/ 11 Jul 2014

Governor Says Medicaid Funding Decision For Abortions Would Be Tough, But He Could Make It

HIV Prevention Cuts Raise Fears

Federal funding cuts cast bleak future for curbing HIV in Iowa.

By Mackenzie Elmer

/ 22 Mar 2012