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Let’s Celebrate: CHIP Provides 25 Years of Coverage!

Posted on August 10, 2022 at 5:00 PM by Kelli Soyer

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In 1997, Congress established the bipartisan Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This critical piece of legislation provides health care coverage...

Categories: Health

Tagged As: CHIP, Hawki

COVID: Recognizing a threat and a solution

Posted on January 30, 2022 at 2:11 PM by Mike Owen

County by county COVID deaths as of Jan. 26

When you have a health and safety problem that is driven by people refusing to act, for whatever reasons —...

Categories: Covid-19, Health, Jobs & labor

Tagged As: COVID-19, iowa legislature, Workplace safety, Governor Kim Reynolds

Mental health funding: Fool me once …

Posted on April 9, 2021 at 1:34 PM by Mary Nelle Trefz

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Among several tax elements, Senate File 587, the tax bill passed by Iowa Senate on a party-line vote earlier this...

Categories: Budget & taxes, Health

Tagged As: iowa legislature, Mental health, Property tax, State taxes

Report: Iowa families with children are stressed, struggling to meet basic needs during pandemic

Posted on December 14, 2020 at 9:40 AM by Anne Discher

View post titled Report: Iowa families with children are stressed, struggling to meet basic needs during pandemic

A troubling share of Iowa families with children are struggling to put food on the table, pay rent and stay...

Categories: Covid-19, Data, Family support & well-being, Food security, Health, Safety net & work supports

Tagged As: Data, Housing, Mental health

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