Iowa House OKs HMO tax hike to draw millions in federal matching fund

The Iowa House has passed a bill to temporarily raise the premium tax on private companies that offer HMOs to Iowans as well as the three companies that manage Iowa’s Medicaid program. That nine-month-long maneuver would send $124 million in federal matching funds to the State of Iowa to cover a deficit in Medicaid. Representative […]

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Gayle L. Johnson, 84, Pomeroy

Gayle L. Johnson, age 84, of Pomeroy, passed away on Friday, September 4, 2026, at the Pocahontas Community Hospital in Pocahontas,

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