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The September 15, 2026 article in the Des Moines Register by Lee Rood is below. Iowa bill limiting hospital charges coming after Mission Cancer columns Health care advocates are asking Iowa legislators to consider a ban on facility fees at outpatient clinics owned by hospitals and increased billing transparency in response columns from the Register's Reader Watchdog highlighting big price hikes for patients. The spike in costs follows the sale of Mission Cancer + Blood, a lea

IAAHC Quick Reference Guide for Candidates: What Matters to Iowa Voters on Healthcare Affordability and Access. Read more.

The No Surprises Act was designed to protect patients from unexpected billing, not to award providers dramatically inflated prices through arbitration. Read more in IAAHC’s new fact sheet.

A new statewide poll commissioned by Iowans for Affordable Healthcare shows strong bipartisan concern about rising healthcare costs and growing skepticism that lawmakers are doing enough to address affordability. Nearly two-thirds of Iowans (61%) say their healthcare costs have increased, and 59% say federal lawmakers could be doing more to lower costs. At the state level, confidence is eroding: 49% say state legislators are not making the right decisions on healthcare prices

By Isabella Warren Published: Dec. 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM CST DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa Capitol Bureau) - Millions of Americans will ring in the new year with higher healthcare premiums after Congress chose not to extend some of the Affordable Care Act’s tax subsidies before adjourning for the year. Bartenders, small business owners and farmers represent some of the millions of Americans expected to lose health care tax subsidies when enhanced Affordable Care Act credits

by Skylar Tallal Tue, November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM DES MOINES, Iowa — While many Iowans are seeing their health care premiums increase, a new Iowa organization is pushing for policies to help lower costs. "There's just so much up in the air right now that people are, are nervous," Phil Jeneary the executive director of Iowans for Affordable Healthcare, said. Iowans for Affordable Healthcare is a new nonpartisan group advocating for policies that help Iowans obtain cost-frien

WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday said it is aiming to reduce the number of human clinical studies required for approval of certain biosimilar drugs and cut development costs for the medicines made using living cells. The agency released draft guidance proposing ways to accelerate the availability of less expensive close copies of complex biotech medicines and treat them like generics, enabling doctors to prescribe them more eas

Advocates warn of higher costs, coverage losses if Congress fails to act; Republicans call subsidy extension a political ploy. From a small-business owner in Decorah, to a laid off worker in Des Moines, thousands of Iowans are facing hard choices this fall: pay more for health insurance, drop coverage entirely or gamble on cheaper plans with fewer protections. As open enrollment for 2026 health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplace begins Saturday, advoca