Independent Analysis and Information on Iowa Tax and Budget Issues

Food security improved for low-income Americans following improvements in SNAP (formerly Food Stamps) in the Recovery Act.

See report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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9/7/2006
Health Care in Iowa: A Continuing Problem of Access

One in 11 Iowans falls through the cracks of Iowa's health care system, lacking access to health insurance through an employer or government. And despite recent gains, the percentage of Iowans who are uninsured has not improved from the start of the decade.

Read the health insurance fact sheet. For more on new data about poverty, income and health coverage in Iowa, read the Iowa Policy Project press release.

A joint effort of the Iowa Policy Project and the Child & Family Policy Center (logos).