Rep. Shannon Lundgren, R-Peosta, spoke March 19, 2026, in the Iowa House on a bill that increases a tax on health maintenance organization premiums for nine months in order to fill a funding deficit for the state’s Medicaid program. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)
The Iowa House passed a bill Thursday retroactively bumping the premium tax rate for health maintenance organizations…
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