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 ...

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 ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Iowa will receive $209 million in the next fiscal year from a federal program designed to ...

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 ...