The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa’s Medicaid program is projected to face tens of millions of dollars in deficits in coming years, ...

Three private insurers — AmeriHealth Caritas Iowa, Amerigroup Iowa and UnitedHealthcare of the River Valley — are now managing Iowa’s $5 billion Medicaid program, according to a report from The ...

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...

Iowa’s Medicaid program has seen rapid growth throughout the pandemic, which analysts have said puts it in “uncharted territory,” according to The Gazette. 1. Iowa’s Medicaid population has seen a ...

The Rural Health Transformation Program will allocate $50 billion to rural hospitals over five years. It's part of the "big, beautiful bill." The program aims to offset potential losses from the new ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The national media and D.C. Democrats are not the only ones spreading falsehoods about Medicaid changes ...

DES MOINES — State Auditor Rob Sand alleged Wednesday that both insurance companies that manage Medicaid in Iowa have breached their contracts with the state. He announced in a news conference that he ...

Iowa’s rural health care improvement plan, “Healthy Hometowns,” was awarded $209 million Monday as part of a federal funding program under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Emma Denney, 32, originally from Washington, D.C. and now an Iowa City resident, wouldn’t feel like herself without having access to gender-affirming care. Denney said since treatment, she can see the ...

Iowa's Medicaid program is projected to face tens of millions of dollars in deficits in coming years, prompting warnings from the state auditor. State health officials and Republican leaders countered ...