In addition to expanding the scope of the program, an "information exchange" will be set up that looks very similar to the draft of the Democratic health reform law that is currently stalled in Washington. This exchange gives Iowa residents access to information on health insurance policies and the quality of care in hospitals on the internet.
IowaCare currently 35,000 uninsured adults services that earn less than 0 percent of the federal poverty level, which equates to $ 22,000 for a single person under Des Moines Register . IowaCare was established for uninsured adults who are too young for Medicare, but are not eligible for Medicaid.
A provision of the bill would have increased the income limit to 300 percent of the FPL, making additional 100,000 uninsured adults eligible for coverage. The Senate passed the provision in the bill by a vote of 28 to 22.
Iowa legislature considered that the residents already have some of the lowest health insurance costs Across the country. Instead, Senator Tom Rielly has proposed that the state should find ways to help Iowans struggling to pay private health insurance premiums rather than expand the state-government program.
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