Health Care
38,000 Iowa children uninsured
Approximately one out of every 20 children in Iowa (5.2 percent) is uninsured, according to a report released Monday by Families USA.
Behind Nebraska’s abandoned kids, a national shortage of mental health care
The state of Nebraska faces a situation most parents can’t comprehend. At last count 34 children, ranging in age from 20 months to 17 years, have been left at Nebraska hospitals under the auspices of a vaguely written “Safe Haven” law.
Harkin joins Kennedy health care task force
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass, has tapped Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin to be a part of a task force to develop a Senate Democratic proposal to expand health insurance coverage, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Supreme Court: Postpartum depression should have been presented in murder trial
An Iowa Supreme Court decision handed down today confirms that legal counsel for Heidi Anfinson was ineffective for not presenting evidence and investigating Anfinson’s claims of postpartum depression.
In final debate, McCain swings past target, exposes himself
COMMENTARY: McCain was like the kid who jumps out from behind a bush and yells “boo” to scare you on the way to school — after jumping out from the same bush and yelling “boo” each day for the past two weeks. As Dionne Warwick would say, you just walk on by.
Contrasting McCain and Obama’s health care plans
An estimated 241,000 Iowans are without health insurance. Nationally, the number of uninsured totals nearly 47 million.
So it’s no surprise that health care reform is a big issue in this year’s presidential contest. Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama agree that something must be done, but that’s where the similarities end.
In the latest issue [...]
Study: Iowa short 250 health-care providers
A recent study from the Iowa Department of Public Health finds that in order to ensure that every Iowan has access to health care, at least 250 more providers are needed in underserved communities around the state. Due to the poor distribution of doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and midwives in Iowa, the report estimates [...]
Vilsack, Branstad working on ‘guaranteed’ health care for Iowa kids
Former Iowa Governors Tom Vilsack and Terry Branstad will co-chair the Iowa Choice Health Care Advisory Council. The council is charged with developing a comprehensive health care coverage plan that would guarantee coverage to all Iowa children, as well as eligible Iowa children up to age 19. The council will make recommendations concerning the design [...]
Miller-Meeks Seeks To Break Iowa-Mississippi Jinx
Iowa and Mississippi remain the only two states which have never elected a woman either to Congress or as governor. Iowa has come close a few times — Lynne Cutler’s congressional race in 1980, Roxanne Conlin’s gubernatorial race in 1982, and Elaine Baxter’s run for congress in 1992.
Ottumwa doctor Mariannette Miller-Meeks “absolutely” believes she can [...]
McCain Highlights Health Care Proposal in New Iowa Ad
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain released a new television ad discussing health care affordability and access Tuesday in advance of a town-hall meeting he will hold in Des Moines later this week. Although the specifics of the advertising buy are not known, the campaign has indicated that the ad will run only in [...]