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DES MOINES, Iowa – A stopgap insurance plan presented this week to federal officials by Iowa’s insurance commissioner needs to be re-worked to better protect low-income and older Iowans, according to the Child & Family Policy Center.

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Mary Nelle Trefz, a health policy associate with the center, notes that the impetus for creating the plan was the expected exit of health insurer Medica from the Iowa independent health insurance market.
“So, I think this came out of the ‘Oh no, we don’t have any potential insurance carriers, what can we do in this emergency?’ situation,” she states.

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