House Study Bill 285 would make it a Class D felony for law enforcement officers, including county sheriffs, to “knowingly and intentionally” fail to comply with federal immigration officers. A Class D felony is punishable by up to five years in jail and a fine between $1,025 and $10,245.

Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have scheduled a vote Tuesday to move forward with their party’s budget blueprint.

Some Iowans receiving state-funded Medicaid coverage and food assistance would be required to work at least 80 hours a month to receive benefits under legislation critics say would put thousands of vulnerable Iowans at risk.

After their loved one died at a state-run center in Iowa, families got a letter from the state. It offered condolences. And it asked them to repay $4m in care.

Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill creating work requirements for Medicaid and expanding work requirements for food stamps.  The bill, House Study Bill 248, would require that Iowa Health and Human Services,

In Iowa, Democrats gathered outside U.S. Rep ... but we're going to be addressing ways where we can protect the traditional Medicaid populations and make sure that these programs can continue ...

Legislators may launch a study of how weight loss drugs might reduce costs in the Iowa Medicaid program. Jeffrey Boeyink is a lobbyist for Eli Lilly the company which has proposed a bill on the topic.

Like Higgins, Tomlyn thought her Medicaid recovery bill came from state officials because it was printed on letterhead from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. The people who signed ...