Iowa House lawmakers are advancing legislation that would place a temporary tax increase on some health insurance companies in the state— matching a similar legislative proposal moving in the Senate. The House bill, like its Senate counterpart, would temporarily increase the tax on health insurance premiums from 0.925 percent to 3 percent to help the state…
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Iowa House lawmakers are advancing legislation that would place a temporary tax increase on some health insurance companies in the state— matching a similar proposal moving in the Senate. The House bill, like its Senate counterpart, would temporarily increase the tax on health insurance premiums from 0.925% to 3% to help the state cover increasing Medicaid…
In addition to the tax increase, which lawmakers estimated would provide the state $173 million in one-time funds and $61 million in the years following, the bill also would route $70.3 million from the state General Fund to the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services for the state's Medicaid program. Green said the "One Big Beautiful Bill" Act approved by…
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A proposal to temporarily increase a state tax on health insurance premiums to help cover a $1 billion shortfall in the state budget will impact Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the state's largest health insurer, much less than the company originally feared, Wellmark officials and state administration leaders said Thursday. Kim Reynolds'…
DES MOINES— A proposal to temporarily increase a state tax on health insurance premiums to help cover a $1 billion shortfall in the state budget will impact Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the state's largest health insurer, much less than the company originally feared, Wellmark officials and state administration leaders said Thursday.
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