High-profile Republican priorities are advancing after the Iowa Legislature's first "funnel" deadline on Friday, while others failed to survive.

Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill creating work requirements for Medicaid and expanding work requirements for food stamps.  The bill, House Study Bill 248, would require that Iowa Health and Human Services,

Republicans on Thursday advanced legislation that would require Iowa seek a federal approval to include work requirements as a condition of maintaining eligibility in the Iowa Health and Wellness Plan.

Two bills in the Iowa Legislature would institute work requirements for thousands of Iowans eligible for state's expanded Medicaid plan.

Legislation modifying the types of foods eligible for SNAP benefits and work requirements for Medicaid survived last week's funnel deadline at the Iowa Statehouse.

For the past three years, the Iowa Long-Term Care Ombudsman’s Office has called for an increase in the “personal needs allowance” that Medicaid beneficiaries receive while in nursing homes. The last increase was 24 years ago.

Iowa’s House delegation voted in favor of the House GOP budget resolution, despite criticisms from members of some Iowa groups who said the proposal will cut Medicaid and food assistance

Demonstrators showed up outside of Iowa Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ office in Davenport today with concerns about spending cuts in the federal budget. (Gavin Waidelich,

In this Nov. 8, 2018 file photo, the U.S. Medicare Handbook is photographed in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez

High-profile Republican priorities are advancing after the Iowa Legislature's first "funnel" deadline on Friday, while others failed to survive.

Legislation modifying the types of foods eligible for SNAP benefits and work requirements for Medicaid survived last week's funnel deadline at the Iowa Statehouse.

Others are advocating for new work requirements for Medicaid recipients. "Rep. Zach Nunn is committed to delivering Iowa common sense in our nation's capital," Nunn's spokesperson, Emily Tuttle, said in a statement. "He encourages Iowans to share their ...