Iowa could ban trans care under Medicaid

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. A Republican-backed budget bill advancing through the Iowa Senate could stop Medicaid and other taxpayer-funded programs from covering gender-affirming care for transgender residents. The legislation follows years of attempts by Iowa lawmakers to restrict such care, though the latest effort comes amid significant changes to the state's civil rights protections. Newsweek has contacted Republican state senator Mark Costello, who chairs the Senate's health and human services appropriations subcommittee, for comment outside of...