Wednesday, March 26, 2025

What’s the matter with Iowa GOP? Emphasizing fealty to Trump over service to constituents

 
WaPo censored political cartoon:  NPR
Headline:  Des Moines Register, 3/25/2025

Stephen Gruber-Miller reports:
If the federal government grants a waiver for Iowa to implement work requirements for Medicaid recipients and later rescinds the waiver, the bill requires the state to end the Iowa Health and Wellness Plan, subject to federal approval. 
If that happens, the 181,000 Iowans enrolled in the Iowa Health and Wellness Plan would lose their health care coverage, Democrats warned. In all, roughly 700,000 Iowans are participating in the state's Medicaid program. [emphasis added]
Sen. Janet Petersen, D-Des Moines, called the legislation "a Medicaid repeal bill in sheep's clothing." 
"Make no mistake, this bill is about gutting Medicaid expansion," she said.

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