Two bills in the Iowa Legislature would institute work requirements for thousands of Iowans eligible for state's expanded ...

As Heart of Iowa Community Services prepares for its closure in June, clients worry about future mental health and disability ...

"If you can work, you should. It’s time to refocus Iowa’s Medicaid program on its core population— aged, disabled and children. Thank you to the House HHS Committee for passing the Medicaid ...

Iowa has the second highest rate of new cancer cases in the U.S. and one of the highest cancer prevalence rates. Although more Iowans are surviving cancer, potential cuts to federal funding for ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) offered its 80,000 employees a $25,000 buyout offer as part of President Trump’s plan to scale back government spending. Workers can opt into ...

An HHS official confirmed that DOGE received access to the system, saying that DOGE’s agents sought “read-only access” to the system and were required “to take all necessary trainings ...

The mass email went out to a “broad population of HHS employees,” landing in their inboxes days before agency heads are due to offer plans for shrinking their workforces. HHS is one of the ...

The relinquishment of the two babies brings the total number of Safe Haven babies to 76 since the law's enactment in Iowa over 20 years ago.

A top spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) who served during President Trump’s first administration announced his abrupt resignation just weeks after being sworn in ...

or are exempt for “good cause” by the Iowa HHS director. Iowa must receive a federal waiver to put work requirements in place. KFF, an independent source of health care data, reports 75% of ...

Iowa Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, a Democrat from Ames, had some questions about the bill but ultimately praised the proposal during Tuesday’s House HHS Committee meeting. “I think the concept ...