UI Health Care delays inpatient tower project due to federal health care spending cuts - The Daily Iowan

UI Health Care delays inpatient tower project due to federal health care spending cuts - The Daily Iowan

University of Iowa Health Care announced Thursday that it will delay the inpatient tower project as it reevaluates its facilities’ master plan following a $1 trillion cut in federal health care spending nationwide.  The tower project, which is billed as expanding space for UIHC’s most complex patients who require specialty care,  is still in its early stages, with a series of enabling projects currently in the works to begin construction on the …

Federal funding changes cause delays for UI Health Care projects

UI Health care is scaling back building plans in response to federal funding changes. They say theCongressional Budget Office estimates the costs to Iowa for t

Garamendi Rails Against Cuts to Health Care, Food Assistance

U.S. Rep. John Garamendi, D-Fairfield, cautions constituents in a press event Thursday at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, in Martinez that cuts to health care spending could lead to longer wait times and delayed care after cuts enacted by the recently passed federal spending legislation H.R. 1 take effect. (U.S. Rep. John Garamendi’s office via Bay City News) By Thomas Hughes Bay City News Health care and food assistance providers in Contr…

UIHC formally announces pause for inpatient tower project

Hunter 08/29/25 University of Iowa Health Care has announced it will delay construction of a new inpatient tower, citing cuts in federal funding. The Daily Iowan reports the tower project, which is billed as expanding space for UIHC’s most complex patients who require specialty care, is still in its early stages, with a series of enabling projects currently in the works to begin construction on the new tower. The tower is projected to cost over …

UI Health Care delays projects amid federal funding cuts

The University of Iowa Health Care system is revising its capital improvement plans after federal funding changes are expected to reduce health care spending in Iowa by $9.5 billion over the next decade.The Congressional Budget Office estimates the federal changes will cut more than $1 trillion from health care funding nationally over 10 years. While UI Health Care officials say they are in better financial shape than many academic medical cente…