Iowa Democrats offer health insurance option
Under the proposal from Sen.
Called the Healthy Iowans for a Public Option, or HIPO, the plan would first roll back
The proposal would require major changes in
Up to 72,000 Iowans face the prospect of spiraling insurance costs when they purchase plans under the Affordable Care Act. With open enrollment for that beginning Wednesday, Gov.
The federal government said it needed weeks more to study the plan, in addition to nearly four months it already had.
"What we have is failing Iowans," McCoy said at a Statehouse news conference.
He and Forbes said they hoped to persuade majority Republican legislators and the governor to consider their plan as a starting point for bipartisan negotiations.
But the idea was met with strong skepticism.
"The
"Obamacare is suffocating states' ability to innovate. It's an unaffordable, unsustainable and unworkable law," she added. "
Reynolds' opponent in June's
He called for a legislative special session yet this year to pass measures allowing Iowans facing spikes in their individual insurance costs to be covered by the same plan that insures the governor, lawmakers and state employees.
"It's a good option for people to consider," said Corbett, noting the affected Iowans are comparable with the population size of
"This is critical. It's a significant bloc of citizens and these are working citizens of
He said the McCoy-Forbes approach might be something that could be considered as a long-term concept, but said pulling back existing contracts with the private companies managing Medicaid in order to enable wider insurance access "is not doable."
House Speaker
"It's a half-baked idea that hasn't even worked in the most liberal of states," she said. "This is a political ploy that will end up costing Iowans hundreds of millions of dollars and turn choice and control over to the government. The massive costs built into this plan show
"
McCoy, however, said Iowans are going to be hurt in this health care impasse and
"We've all watched
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