After their loved one died at a state-run center in Iowa, families got a letter from the state. It offered condolences. And it asked them to repay $4m in care.

Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill creating work requirements for Medicaid and expanding work requirements for food stamps.  The bill, House Study Bill 248, would require that Iowa Health and Human Services,

Collection agents for the state of Iowa have sent letters seeking millions of dollars from the estates of at least two people with disabilities who died after spending most of their lives in a state institution.

Iowa’s House delegation voted in favor of the House GOP budget resolution, despite criticisms from members of some Iowa groups who said the proposal will cut Medicaid and food assistance

Republicans on Thursday advanced legislation that would require Iowa seek a federal approval to include work requirements as a condition of maintaining eligibility in the Iowa Health and Wellness Plan.

States are required to claw back health care costs from the estates of many Medicaid recipients. Some, including Iowa, act aggressively.

Demonstrators showed up outside of Iowa Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ office in Davenport today with concerns about spending cuts in the federal budget. (Gavin Waidelich,

Major budget and federal workforce reductions being implemented by President Donald Trump have caught the attention of state lawmakers. Cuts to Medicaid and the National Animal Disease Center in Ames are the ones of immediate concern to Iowa,

Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have scheduled a vote Tuesday to move forward with their party’s budget blueprint.

Some Iowans receiving state-funded Medicaid coverage and food assistance would be required to work at least 80 hours a month to receive benefits under legislation critics say would put thousands of vulnerable Iowans at risk.

Collection agents for the state of Iowa have sent letters seeking millions of dollars from the estates of at least two people with disabilities who died after spending most of their lives in a state institution. The amounts represent what Medicaid spent co ...

Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill creating work requirements for Medicaid and expanding work requirements for food stamps.  The bill, House Study Bill 248, would require that Iowa Health and Human Services,