Direct Care Workers in Iowa Face Same Issues We Do

Health Care for Direct Care Workers Health care coverage is not an academic issue or an abstract public policy debate. It’s a subject that deeply affects real people in Iowa; your friends, business associates, co-workers, neighbors, and relatives. Approximately 275,000 Iowans have no health insurance coverage. Thousands more have inadequate coverage—coverage that they pay too much for or get too little from. To view the video, "Real People, Real Stories: The Uninsured and Underinsured in Iowa" please click here. To read about the Real Stories of Health Care Coverage of 5 direct care workers please click here. To help stimulate the health care coverage debate in Iowa, the Iowa CareGivers Association and the Better Jobs Better Care Coalition have prepared a set of Health Care Reform Principles for people to consider, debate, and guide their decisions as the debate goes forward. The view the Health Care Reform Principles, please click here. Please do not hesitate to contact the Iowa CareGivers Association if you would like to provide any feedback on the Health Care Reform Principles. from Iowa CareGivers website