Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• Look over here, at the Medicare Advantage program! If I could have spoken directly with Elon ...

CMS administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announces Trump administration plans to invest over $200 billion in Medicaid following ...

Medicaid is the government program that is supposed to help the poor afford health care. Its cost to taxpayers has ...

From the column: "This isn’t bad policy; it’s theft. It’s taking from those with nothing to spare and giving it to those who already have everything." ...

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," President Trump's top trade negotiator, Ambassador Jamieson Greer, ...

These letters published July 28 to Aug. 3, 2025, address Iowans' grievances with Republicans in elected office.

In July 2025, President Trump signed the sweeping One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) into law, extending key elements of his 2017 ...

Little-known provisions in the Big Beautiful Bill lobbied by industry will cost Medicare billions in missed savings.

From the South to the Great Lakes, contested primaries and open Senate seat battles will determine who's serving for ...

The anti-abortion movement’s attempts to defund Planned Parenthood through President Donald Trump’s signature “big, beautiful ...

Rural organizers say Medicaid and SNAP cuts could help Democrats win rural votes in 2026. Republicans say: Don't count on it.

Democratic candidates played to voters' frustrations with the Republican status quo at the West Des Moines Democrats' ...