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Do these highly profitable companies need state subsidies? Would Iowa legislators choose these subsidies over funding for education, human services and public safety?

Iowa’s decision to participate in the Medicaid expansion has not only provided health insurance coverage to tens of thousands of low-wage workers, but also provided an enormous boost to the state’s economy.

Like the House tax bill, the Senate bill is heavily skewed to the wealthy.

Iowans need to keep their eye on the ball, and not through rose-colored glasses. We need to be aware of our challenges ahead, the very real cuts to education we have seen, and the prospect of cuts in Medicaid and access to health care.

New data from the Census Bureau show more Iowans had access to health insurance, chopping uninsurance by nearly half in just three years.

The problems with the insurance exchange in Iowa are fixable — and not a good excuse to fund tax cuts to the wealthy by forcing tens of thousands of Iowans off health insurance.

New analysis shows Senate health care bill, like House-passed plan, gives big tax breaks to the wealthy as an estimated 232,000 Iowans would lose insurance. 
See our report by Peter Fisher here: http://www.iowapolicypoints.org. Read more

Not only would changes proposed in AHCA reverse gains in coverage, but they would end Medicaid as we know it.

The Iowa experience should serve as a warning to other states about what will happen if the American Health Care Act becomes law.

“As President Trump prepares to visit our state next week, he should be aware of the severe impact that his proposals would have on many tens of thousands of Iowa families.”