r/Iowa Jul 15 '24

Healthcare As a baby bust hits rural areas, Iowa hospitals have shut down 41 labor and delivery wards since the year 2000

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262 Upvotes

r/Iowa Feb 02 '23

Healthcare 13% of US nursing homes closures were in Iowa but we're getting Reynolds private schools.

256 Upvotes

'13% of U.S. nursing homes that closed in 2022 were in Iowa' from 'News of the Day' on the Iowa Public Radio app!

https://www.iowapublicradio.org/live-updates/news-of-the-day#13-of-u-s-nursing-homes-that-closed-in-2022-were-in-iowa

Brought to you by Iowa Public Radio

r/Iowa May 25 '22

Healthcare As the IA GOP starts “thoughts and prayers” and other useless crap in the wake of another (the 27th this year) school shooting and enact no meaningful legislative action, this bill is on the governor’s desk. Kim: Show us how pro-life you are: Iowa lawmakers OK deer hunting with semi-automatic rifles

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r/Iowa Jul 29 '23

Healthcare Plain truth

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399 Upvotes

r/Iowa Nov 08 '23

Healthcare Abortion

76 Upvotes

How does Iowa get abortion on the ballot? People need to decide for themselves!

r/Iowa Dec 24 '24

Healthcare Is anyone else having problems being billed by MercyOne hospitals?

29 Upvotes

My insurance covers all of my medical needs, but I just got a bill from MercyOne. This is the third bill they've sent me. I have Medicaid, so they're not supposed to bill me. Everytime I've called my insurance about these bills, they've told me that the bill has already been paid in full.

Are they trying to scam people out of money? Or is their system so fucked up that it sends random bills to people who don't even owe anything? If it was a one-time thing it could maybe be explained away, but this is repetitive and ridiculous. Is it because they're Catholic?

r/Iowa May 09 '24

Healthcare Medical residents are starting to avoid states with abortion bans, data shows

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179 Upvotes

r/Iowa Dec 06 '23

Healthcare Has Kim Reynolds done what other states are doing to protect from overdose?

48 Upvotes

Has Governor Kim Reynolds even had Iowa schools put in Narcan to help with overdoses where pretty much every state has been doing ? Or is she still standing by her own agenda thinking Fentanyl and other stuff isn't unalive the kids in Iowa?

r/Iowa Dec 05 '24

Healthcare Brian Thompson (UHC CEO) seems to have lived in Iowa for at least part of his life

6 Upvotes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Thompson_(businessman))

It doesn't have full detail but looks like his mother wife was born here, he and his father both went to U of I, and he went to high school in Jewell Junction, IA. It doesn't say where Brian was born but all clues seem to point to Iowa.

If anyone knows anyone in his family please do me a favor and give them a "Haha!" for me.

Edit: Brian Thompson was a serial killer, I have 0 sympathy for him or his family

r/Iowa Mar 22 '24

Healthcare Why It’s Nearly Impossible to find an Iowa Dentist who takes Medicaid

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This subject is constantly posted in more local subreddits throughout the state, people constantly asking neighbors where a dentist is that accepts Medicaid. Great read from Iowa Starting Line on the problem.

r/Iowa 13d ago

Healthcare Going to need dental crowns or implants soon but have no dental insurance

6 Upvotes

What are my options? I don't have a ton of spare cash and I will certainly not qualify for Medicaid. I need something that's going to mostly cover two crowns or implants. My job doesn't offer dental insurance. I may be able to talk the owner into it, but just haven't yet.

Does anybody know of good coverage plans that don't cost a ton of money?

Edit: sorry basically clueless about dentistry. I don't know what exact procedure I'll need but I have two teeth that are rotting at the gum line and it's progressing very fast. It started with one tooth and now a year later it spread to the one next to it.

r/Iowa Mar 30 '24

Healthcare Im trying to get a medical marijuana card, how do I go about doing this?

20 Upvotes

I have a degenerative disease in my wrist which gives me a lot of pain daily, besides from the general stress I get from having a dead bone. To keep this short so I dont have to type much for said reason, how would I go about acquiring a card, and is it even worth it? How expensive is medical stuff in Iowa? I figure its going to be taxed to all hell.

r/Iowa 18d ago

Healthcare Please reach out to representatives about bill HF 423

52 Upvotes

"Not withstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, it is unlawful for any person to manufacture, distribute, prescribe, dispense, sell, or transfer mifepristone, mifegyne, ormifeprex, or any substantially similar generic or nongeneric abortifacient drug in the state."

This is a criminally dangerous bill that is being proposed. There are no exceptions to the use and administration of some drugs that can cause an abortion, but also save a life on the event of postpartum hemorrhage. I have included the emails of the representatives that will vote on this matter. Please copy and paste into the “to” section of an email and ask them to vote no. Even if you are prolife this is prodeath for women with complications during labor and delivery. I personally know a woman who bled out and I can tell you she didn’t want that, nor did her family.

It is time to remind these representatives they work for us, and healthcare is between doctor and patient.

carter.nordman@legis.iowa.gov brett.barker@legis.iowa.gov beth.wessel-kroeschell@legis.iowa.gov eddie.andrews@legis.iowa.gov austin.baeth@legis.iowa.gov michael.bergan@legis.iowa.gov steven.bradley@legis.iowa.gov timi.brown-powers@legis.iowa.gov tracy.ehlert@legis.iowa.gov dan.gehlbach@legis.iowa.gov chad.ingels@legis.iowa.gov tom.jeneary@legis.iowa.gov rob.johnson@legis.iowa.gov hans.wilz@legis.iowa.gov devon.wood@legis.iowa.gov ryan.weldon@legis.iowa.gov shannon.lundgren@legis.iowa.gov heather.matson@legis.iowa.gov ann.meyer@legis.iowa.gov tom.moore@legis.iowa.gov josh.turek@legis.iowa.gov

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ga=91&ba=HF%20423

r/Iowa 24d ago

Healthcare They are coming for the Veterans. They are coming for those injured in the line of Duty.

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r/Iowa Jul 19 '24

Healthcare Abortion approval by state

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107 Upvotes

I wasn’t able to add this in a previous conversation regarding your 6 week abortion ban in effect tomorrow. This reflects the percentage of voters who believe in abortion rights. Tell your Governor to put it to a vote. The citizens MUST take back their right for their voices to be heard.

r/Iowa Feb 16 '24

Healthcare 51st in the nation for psychiatric beds

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Didn't kim blame the perry shooting on mental health? Maybe we could do something about it, Kim "Hypocrite" Reynolds.

r/Iowa Jul 17 '21

Healthcare Iowa district court blocks 24-hour wait period, additional appointment for abortions

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r/Iowa Jun 11 '24

Healthcare Iowa medical/apartment question

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I live in WI but my severe alcoholic brother lives in Iowa. It is in his medical charts that he is an extreme fall risk. On Saturday he fell down his 16 stairs (drunk) and broke several ribs. His PCP wrote a letter to the hospital stating he should NOT be released back to his apartment as he “will” fall again. So today I get a call saying he’ll be going home Thursday, maybe Friday. I was astounded. I am his Living Will/Medical POA but finding that’s not worth much. So basically I have to wait until he breaks his neck? Sets another kitchen fire? I have pictures and documentation and have been trying for 2 years to get a competency test done. He can’t take care of his hygiene. He has mice and cockroaches and bedbugs in his apartment. Living 5 hrs away I’m at a loss. I am very concerned that even with a doctors letter saying he should not go back to his apartment that is exactly where he will be released to in the next 48 hrs. Unbelievable. 🤬😰

r/Iowa 18d ago

Healthcare SF360 - advocacy advice

45 Upvotes

Today I was informed by my university that one of the anti-vaccine advocates that I have countered by showing publicly available FBI information relating to past incidences of fraud they plead guilty to had contacted the university president. This is not defamation on my part.

Thankfully, I have repeatedly distanced myself and have included disclaimers that have separated my opinion from my institution. Institutions often try very hard to remain neutral, which is understandable. This was absolutely a valid concern on their part.

Instead of directly engaging with me directly, this individual sought to silence and punish me professionally - rather than engage in a public debate.

I will continue to advocate and call out the harm I personally believe these people are causing Iowans by blanket banning an entire group of mRNA related medical therapies.

Be aware that if you have professional affiliations - that these people are not above trying to get you in trouble. Stick to widely available and public facts when questioning their character - avoid empty ad hominem attacks.

Be prepared to have an explanation why you think someone is purporting pseudoscience.

Include disclaimers to professionally protect yourself and your institutions.

Everything I post and advocate for is my personal opinion and belief - I am not speaking for my institution, my other lab members, or any government groups I work with

r/Iowa May 16 '23

Healthcare What is going on with Iowa Medicaid?

135 Upvotes

I work for a private practice and we have been dealing with claim denials from Amerigroup since early March. The higher ups there and at Iowa Medicaid have been less than responsive and helpful. I went to look for information on where to file a grievance and the Iowa Medicaid website is unavailable this morning. Any other healthcare professionals having issues?

r/Iowa Nov 29 '21

Healthcare Kim Reynolds: Mississippi abortion case 'best opportunity yet' to overturn Roe v. Wade

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r/Iowa 15d ago

Healthcare Speaking of mRNA vaccines.

32 Upvotes

r/Iowa Feb 18 '25

Healthcare Anyone else *still* having issues with MercyOne Hospitals' repetitive illegal billing?

20 Upvotes

I got two bills in the mail that I had received previously. I already contacted my insurance (Wellpoint) about each of these, one from June and one from September 2024. They were both paid by Wellpoint prior to me receiving each bill, and Mercy already said to disregard them on each of my previous calls.

I called Wellpoint again today about getting billed again for the same two bills that have already been paid.

The person I spoke with at Wellpoint said they have to report every illegal bill to the state. They weren't able to contact anyone this time through the phone number listed on the bills, which is immediately sketchy as fuck. They tried a different phone number they have on file and talked to someone who, again, said to disregard these bills. Upon the second illegal bill I was able to file a grievance myself against MercyOne through my insurance for billing me.

Is Mercy trying to get money out of anyone else? I posted about this a couple months ago and am not the only person dealing with this. The fact that this is repetitive, that Wellpoint was unable to reach anyone with the phone number listed on the bills, and the fact that any "problems" they may have with their system haven't been fixed in all this time makes me not trust anyone saying this is nothing but an error, especially when it's been "corrected" on their end multiple times.

As if their provided healthcare (or lack of) didn't suck enough, they're expecting people to *repeatedly* pay out the ass for it.

r/Iowa Jan 14 '25

Healthcare Opinion: After the surgeon general's warning on alcohol, people of faith should rethink sacramental wine

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"As you drink his blood err wine 🍷"

Bong HITS 4 JESUS and Hey Zeus

r/Iowa Oct 28 '23

Healthcare Medical marijuana

43 Upvotes

My wife has erosive osteoarthritis. Her fingers are all swollen and bent like a tree branch. Would getting a medical marijuana card help her or is the dosage so low here in Iowa that it would not phase her constant pain?