UIHC to Have “Honest Conversation About the Feasibility” of New Impatient Tower with Looming Federal Funding Cuts - The Daily Iowan

UIHC to have “honest conversation about the feasibility” of new impatient tower with looming federal funding cuts - The Daily Iowan

University of Iowa Healthcare executives will have to have an “honest conversation about the feasibility” of a new inpatient tower that is expected to cost $1.5 billion for its construction, UI Healthcare CEO Bradley Haws said during a Board of Regents meeting Wednesday.  Haws comments come as federal lawmakers eye cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, the largest health insurance providers in the country, and changes to payments directed to healthcare…

Meet the woman who sparked Joni Ernst’s ‘we all are going to die’ outburst

When an unidentified woman at an Iowa town hall told GOP Sen. Joni Ernst that “people are going to die” from cuts to Medicaid in the “ One Big, Beautiful Bill ...

Iowans rally outside Sen. Joni Ernst's office to protest Medicaid funding cuts

Iowans gathered outside Sen. Joni Ernst's office to protest the the upcoming Republican budget bill that plans to cut funding for Medicaid.The event was organiz

We will die, but how? - Nashville PRIDE, Inc.

Economist Julianne Malveaux slams Sen. Joni Ernst’s dismissive comments on healthcare cuts, spotlighting how proposed GOP policies could hasten deaths—especially in marginalized communities. The post We will die, but how? appeared first on Nashville PRIDE, Inc..

Republican Acts of Sabotage Are Bringing the Senate into Play - Elections Daily

“We all are going to die.” Republicans’ latest campaign message comes on the heels of the House of Representatives passing their latest budget reconciliation bill. The Senate is due to amend and vote on the bill, and it will most likely pass due to Republicans’ 53-47 majority. Some moderate and populist members have doubts, but among the bill’s proponents in the Senate is Joni Ernst from Iowa. It was Ernst who, in a constituent town hall meeting…