Iowa to seek federal approval for ACA market stopgap plan
Iowa Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen proposes a federal approval of a short-term fix to stabilize the individual market and keep health care access for about 72 000 Iowans. The plan includes age and income based tax credits and a reinsurance mechanism to cover costly claims, with a 14 day federal response window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Doug Ommen
Stopgap Iowa credits proposed for individual market
The Iowa Insurance Division outlines sample monthly credits by age and household income as a stopgap for the individual insurance market. Credits are shown as a percentage of the federal poverty level and are not indicative of filed or approved premium rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Insurance Division
Iowa
Iowa fireworks law expands sales but licensing hurdles loom
Cedar Rapids retailer Alberto Lacayo III hailed Iowa’s new fireworks bill signed May 9 by former Gov. Branstad but says the licensing process is laborious and unclear. State officials have issued 188 retail licenses and review over 100 applications as retailers readjust to consumer-grade fireworks allowed during limited periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Jette
the Gazette
Travis Allen
Danielle
Williamsburg
Cedar Rapids
Alberto Lacayo III
Lacayo
Edar Rapids
Missouri
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Fireworks Sale and Use Rules Calendar Announced
Licensed retailers and groups may sell fireworks from permanent structures to adults June 1 through July 8 and December 10 to January 3. Temporary structures may sell from June 13 to July 8. Use hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. June 1–July 8 and December 10–January 3, with extended hours to 11 p.m. on Independence Day and surrounding weekend. Extra hours run 9 a.m. December 31 to 12:30 a.m. January 1 and 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. on the day after the holiday.
Iowa ranks fifth for children in Kids Count report
Iowa ranks fifth overall in the Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book. The report uses federal data to assess health education economic well being and communities for American children, with Iowa noting a plateau in progress and steady standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Mike Crawford
Child and Family Policy Center
Des Moines
Tipton pleads guilty in multistate lottery fraud case
Eddie Tipton admitted Wisconsin felony charges for rigging a 2007 lottery drawing and agreed to plead guilty in Iowa to ongoing criminal conduct. The former information security director for the Multi-State Lottery Association ends a sprawling probe linked to the 2010 Hot Lotto draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Eddie Tipton
Wisconsin
Iowa
Tipton
Multi-State Lottery Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chelsea Keenan
Centers For Medicare
Medicaid Services
Act I
Insurance
Doug Om
Molly Duffy
Rod Boshart
Gazette
Des Moines Bureau