What candidates said about health care, reproductive rights at the Hall of Fame
Nineteen presidential candidates had five minutes each to make their case to more than 1,000 activists at the Iowa Democratic Party’s Hall of Fame event in Cedar Rapids on June 9. Most offered at least...
View ArticleAmy Klobuchar’s practical health care plan for seniors
Bill Witt represented part of Black Hawk County in the Iowa House for ten years and is a well-known advocate for improving health care services and environmental causes. -promoted by Laura Belin While...
View ArticleWhere things stand in Iowa’s Senate, Congressional races
Labor Day traditionally marks the beginning of the most intense phase of campaigning in election years. This holiday is also a good time to review the state of play in races for federal offices in...
View ArticleTwelve quick takes on the third Democratic debate
First disclaimer: I don’t agree with the Democratic National Committee’s debate criteria and encourage Iowans to keep listening to all the presidential candidates. Second disclaimer: I doubt anything...
View ArticleLoretta Sieman on the public option and why she’s in that ad
Industry-funded groups have recently spent more than a million dollars on television and online advertising in Iowa opposing Democratic plans to expand access to health insurance. Some ads primarily...
View ArticleAmy Klobuchar: A leader for everyone
State Representative Molly Donahue: “Amy Klobuchar is running to be the president of all the people, not half the people.” -promoted by Laura Belin Amy Klobuchar isn’t just a smart, funny, gritty,...
View ArticleHealth care according to our needs: Time to consider it a human right
Iowa State University economist Dave Swenson: Of three possible approaches to health policy, only Medicare for All “reduces the damage that the existing system causes and remedies the cumulative policy...
View ArticleSteve King votes against coronavirus response bill (updated)
The U.S. House has fast-tracked a bill responding to the economic challenges created by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. All 223 Democrats present–including Iowa’s Representatives Abby...
View ArticleJoni Ernst turned her back on Iowans
Kay Pence is Vice President of the Iowa Alliance for Retired Americans. -promoted by Laura Belin U.S. Senator Joni Ernst is no longer working for Iowans. She is working at the behest of President...
View ArticleMost Iowans in Congress supported latest COVID-19 package
The U.S. House and Senate on December 21 approved a $2.3 trillion package to fund the federal government through September 30, 2021 and provide approximately $900 billion in economic stimulus or relief...
View ArticleIA-Sen: Medicare for All drives Glenn Hurst’s campaign
A third Democrat joined the race for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat on July 29. Dr. Glenn Hurst made clear that one issue in particular is driving his campaign. “I went back to school and became a doctor...
View ArticleUnderstanding single-payer health care: Medicare for All
Glenn Hurst is a family physician in southwest Iowa and a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. Several years ago, my wife and I had a friend our family called Grandma Ruth. Ruth was special to us....
View ArticleIowa CCI Action endorses Glenn Hurst for U.S. Senate
The Hurst for Iowa campaign just received an overwhelming endorsement from Iowa’s leading progressive organization, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund. In the announcement, they...
View ArticleCapping costs no substitute for lowering drug prices
Sue Dinsdale is the director of Iowa Citizen Action Network and leads the Health Care For America and Lower Drug Prices NOW campaigns in Iowa. U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley got it right when speaking...
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Iowa Democratic Party’s Disability Caucus endorses Dr. Glenn Hurst
Julie Russell-Steuart is a printmaker and activist who chairs the Iowa Democratic Party’s Disability Caucus. Glenn Hurst is a rural doctor in the small southwestern Iowa town of Minden and a founding...
View ArticleEnd the Medicaid coverage gap
Sue Dinsdale leads Health Care For America NOW in Iowa. This month Medicare and Medicaid celebrate their 57th Anniversary. These two biggest government health insurance programs in the nation were...
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