Health Care Reform for Iowa Families

I would like to thank the countless Iowans who came to the town hall meetings, wrote my office, and spoke with me about health care reform. On Saturday, November 7th, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3962.

With your input, opinions, and concerns, many of you helped make this a better, stronger bill. In the Second District alone, this bill will
  • Improve employer-based coverage for 416,000 residents.
  • Provide credits to help pay for coverage for up to 156,000 households.
  • Improve Medicare for 95,000 beneficiaries, including closing the prescription drug donut hole for     11,400 seniors.
  • Allow 15,600 small businesses to obtain affordable health care coverage and provide tax credits to help reduce health insurance costs for up to 13,700 small businesses.
  • Provide coverage for 25,000 uninsured residents.
  • Protect up to 800 families from bankruptcy due to unaffordable health care costs.
  • Reduce the cost of uncompensated care for hospitals and health care providers by $284 million.
In the coming weeks and months, we will have much to discuss as health care reform moves forward, and I invite Iowans to call my office and visit my website for health care updates and more information on the health care bill.

Together, we have truly created change, and I could not be more proud to be your representative.


Read the Health Care Bill
Click here to read the Health Care bill. We still have a long way to go, and I encourage Iowans to reach out and share your concerns with my office.

What Iowans Did to Change the Bill
Click here to read about the changes that we made to the Health Care bill, based on your input.
What Iowans Are Saying About the Bill