Iowa, Medicaid

House passes bill requiring 80% of UI medical students have Iowa roots
Supporters of the bill said this requirement favoring Iowa residents and people educated in Iowa would lead to higher physician retention.
Iowa House wants to fill University of Iowa's med school with in-state students
Iowa faces a significant physician shortage due to the low number of medical school graduates, and the aging physician population.On Wednesday, the Iowa House passed a bill lawmakers say would help fix that issue by keeping people with Iowa ties in-state for college medical school programs.
Iowa lawmakers introduced 1,500+ bills this session. Which survived the 'funnel' deadline?
High-profile Republican priorities are advancing after the Iowa Legislature's first "funnel" deadline on Friday, while others failed to survive.
Iowa House passes bill requiring 80% of medical students have state ties
Meyer says in the past four years 81% of Iowa natives left the state to do their residencies - or training after medical school. “Unfortunately, the University of Iowa’s retention of the physician workforce in Iowa is not providing the results for the entire state that we’d like to see,” she said.
Bill passed requiring 80% of University of Iowa students to be Iowa residents
The iowa senate is now weighing a bill passed by house lawmakers that would *require* that at least 80 percent of students in the univeristy of iowa's medical a
Bill would require 80% of UI medical, dental students be Iowa residents
A bill passed by the Iowa House would require at least 80 percent of students accepted by the University of Iowa’s medical and dental schools be residents of Iowa. The schools would also have to prioritize Iowa natives as well as those who’ve graduated from Iowa universities for medical residency and fellowship spots in University
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