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2024 Iowa maternal health priorities: Birth centers, Medicaid, and

WebA final request: please take a few minutes to reach out to your legislators (and for extra credit the state representatives and senators serving on the relevant …

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Analysis: Five years of maternal health data in Iowa

WebRachel Bruns is a volunteer advocate for quality maternal health care in Iowa.. I recently recounted how it took the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) 170 …

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State moves forward on merging human services, public health …

WebThe state of Iowa is looking for a private company to help integrate programs of the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) and Department of Public Health …

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Shaimaa Aly: Committed to addressing the social dimensions of …

WebI grew up witnessing my mom, who is a physician, running mobile clinics that delivered medical services to rural underserved areas in Egypt. Inspired by my mom’s …

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Iowa should reduce C-section rates to improve maternal health

WebRachel Bruns is a volunteer advocate for quality maternal health care in Iowa. This essay was originally published in the Des Moines Business Record’s Fearless …

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Hog confinements and human health

WebThe animals produce manure equivalent to the waste from more than 83 million people. This publication outlines the problem and potential solutions: Hog …

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Maternal health questions for Broadlawns trustee candidates

WebRachel Bruns is a volunteer advocate for quality maternal health care in Iowa.. In August, I spoke to the Broadlawns Board of Trustees for the third time in the …

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Iowa Medicaid oversight chief to be governor's new health policy

WebElizabeth Matney, who has led the Iowa Medicaid Bureau of Managed Care since the state began privatizing nearly the whole program in 2015, is leaving the …

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Iowa House Republican: I received Planned Parenthood services, …

WebRepublican State Representative Ashley Hinson used Planned Parenthood services when she first moved to the Cedar Rapids area and “couldn’t get in to an …

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Iowa Republicans fund anti-abortion clinics but not proven …

WebIt speaks volumes about the philosophical direction of the Republicans when they model a bill for women’s health after a program in Texas. We might well look to …

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