Iowa Health Care for All Coalition: Applauds bipartisan work of Iowa Legislature in passing health reform measures
Today members of the Iowa House and Senate approved a bill that would broadly reform Iowa’s health care system. Improvements to child coverage outreach will ensure more kids will be covered in Iowa than ever before, and provides the state with a road map to covering all children in Iowa.
“This is a historic bill that is now on its way to the Governor to sign. While there is much to build upon while we work towards coverage for all Iowans, more kids will be covered in Iowa than ever before, and we as a state will commit the resources to making it happen,” said Charlie Wishman, of Iowa Citizen Action Network.
“This bill creates a path to expanding coverage for adults, addresses the emerging crisis in the supply of health and long term care workers, and shifts the focus from treating people when they are sick to keeping them healthy. It’s a bill that Iowans can be proud of,” said John Hale of the Iowa Caregivers Association.
“While this health care reform bill focuses on expanding coverage to Iowa’s children, we also applaud new options for expanding adult coverage that will be available soon. Attention needs to be paid to adults who are unable to afford or who have been refused insurance because of other factors beyond their control. We’ve got work to do and we’re looking forward to working with legislators on that in the coming session,” said Mary O’Brien of Visiting Nurse Services.
“This is an exciting time for families in Iowa. We are so close to covering all kids with affordable, accessible health care coverage. This bill eliminates red tape and supports working families in securing necessary health services for their children. Our work is not done, we now turn to the task of implementing this legislation and the promises it makes to reach our goal of covering all children by December 31, 2010,” said Carrie Fitzgerald of Child and Family Policy Center.
“This was truly a bi-partisan effort to get this bill passed. This took both Democrats and Republicans to work through these complex issues, and with the input of stakeholders I think we’ve got a very good bill for the consumers of Iowa,” said Anthony Carroll of AARP.
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