GET ME REWRITE: Callous Kimmi the Clown and her Iowa GOP minions forced to take action on mental health care for children

Headline:  Des Moines Register, 1/30/2025

Michaela Ramm writes:

Iowa will take steps to ensure Medicaid-eligible children with mental illness diagnoses receive the mental and behavioral health care services they need as part of a recently announced settlement agreement. 

The lawsuit, filed in early 2023 by Disability Rights Iowa and other national health and law advocacy organizations, accused Iowa of "longstanding failure" to provide Medicaid-eligible children with legally required and medically necessary mental and behavioral health services. 

The suit was filed against Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Director Kelly Garcia.  [Kimmi appointment]

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