Independent Analysis and Information on Iowa Tax and Budget Issues

The highest-paid Iowans have to work 3 weeks per year to pay their state and local tax obligation (5.8% of income). The lowest-paid Iowans have to work twice as long to do the same (10.6% of income).
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.