WednesdayOctober 8, 2025

Rally goal aims to protect health care for Iowans

‘Protect Our Care’ event held in Davenport
By: Dave Thompson|October 8, 2025
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    • Dr. Jake Thomas, left, talks to a crowd about the challenges facing the health care system during a  “Protect Our Care” news conference Tuesday, Oct. 7, in downtown Davenport. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    Health care in Iowa and the nation is under attack. Financial cuts are being made to Medicaid and Medicare. Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies could expire, which would send health care premiums soaring. Americans and Iowans could soon face skyrocketing health care costs.

    Those are the views and the dark scenarios community activists and people in health care were presenting Tuesday, Oct. 7, during a “Protect…

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