Iowa Senate committee approves one-time tax increase on certain health insurance plans

The Iowa Senate Ways and Means Committee advanced a measure Wednesday that would impose a one-time tax increase of $173 million on health maintenance organizations (HMOs) in order to address budget ...

Iowa senators weigh $120M health care tax hike to fill Medicaid hole

Iowa Senate Republicans are advancing a bill that would raise taxes on certain health insurance companies to offset a ...
The Gazette

Iowa insurance firms warn bill would make health costs rise

Iowa lawmakers have proposed a short-term increase of a state tax on health insurance companies to help cover the state’s $1 ...
The Gazette

Wellmark still worries over lowered projections of Iowa tax hike

Wellmark adjusted its estimated costs under a proposed state tax hike on health insurance premiums, but remains concerned ...
KCCI Des Moines

Iowa doctor addresses rising health insurance costs and physician shortages

THIS IS IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. WELL, THE COST OF HEALTH CARE INSURANCE IS GOING UP ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND HERE AT HOME. ONE SMALL BUSINESS IS FIGHTING TO ...
KCCI Des Moines

Iowa bill to require insurance coverage for out-of-network referrals advances

GET FIGURED OUT. AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE THERE. JODI. THANK YOU. NEW AT SIX. A BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO COVER SOME OUT OF NETWORK SERVICES IS ADVANCING IN THE IOWA STATE HOUSE ...
Iowa Public Radio

Health insurance premiums are going up next year — unless you work at these companies

NPR's series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what's driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live?
Radio Iowa

Study: Many Iowans’ health insurance premiums fell in recent years

The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance premiums dropped slightly for Iowa families and individuals from 2023 to 2024, according to a report from the State Health Access Data Assistance Center ...
Des Moines Register

Iowa farmers say failure to extend health credits puts them in bad spot

Iowa Farmers Union members in a news new conference call say Congress needs to extend a federal health care tax credit. Without it, they say, they face going without health care, or with much-reduced ...