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How Healthcare Reform Affects Iowans

posted on September 24, 2009 at 7:15 PM

Health care reform was the buzz word of the summer as people sounded off to their federal lawmakers. Iowa was no different.

Iowa News Analysis: May 14, 2009

posted on May 14, 2009 at 5:42 PM

Iowa Journal host Paul Yeager discusses news of the day with Radio Iowa news director Kay Henderson.

Discussion of Autism in Iowa

posted on May 14, 2009 at 5:41 PM

Autism affects one in every 150 children in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control. This program examines the needs of families in Iowa and asks how the state can best meet those needs.

The Iowa Journal Autism in Iowa

posted on May 14, 2009 at 5:40 PM

Discussion: Caring for Parents in Iowa

posted on April 1, 2008 at 11:08 AM

Jeneane Beck's discussion with John McCalley, Director of Elder Affairs, and Anthony Carroll, AARP Iowa Associate State Director for Advocacy, summarizes a few options for caregivers and also focuses on the status of several pieces of legislation dealing with long-term care.

Caring for Parents in Iowa

posted on March 31, 2008 at 4:10 PM

Find out about Heartland Adult Day Center in Ames, with Elizabeth Buchwald who cares for her mother in-law and her mother in-law’s sister in her home. Her mother in-law Katherine Buchwald attends the day center 3 days a week.

Former Governors Branstad and Vilsack Discuss Health Care

posted on October 22, 2007 at 5:08 PM

Having held the state's highest office for a combined 24 years consecutively, Branstad and Vilsack discuss access to quality health care, long-term financial security and where they think the presidential candidates should stand on these issues. Across every generation access to health insurance is waning as the number of uninsured Americans has risen. Learn more about these issues that are key to the future of our country and critical to Iowans' voting decisions.

Health Care and Financial Security

posted on October 19, 2007 at 3:31 PM

Democrat, Republican or Independent, nearly every poll of Americans reveals that the cost and availability of health care are big political issues. So too are other matters of family financial security, like pension viability, or mortgage regulations or even college tuition and loans. These issues are enduring and will persist through the 2008 elections.