Making health care accessible, affordable, and portable
We are offering a set of bold, state-based initiatives to make health care more accessible, affordable, and portable. Health care reform solutions need not come from Washington, DC. In fact, the best reforms are often those developed closest to the people. Iowans do not need to wait for national politicians to act. Instead, they can join with us in pursuit of a set of common sense Iowa Health Care Initiatives and solve Iowa problems with Iowa solutions.ACCESSIBILITYPatients Right to Know ActAs with any product or service, the more information consumers can access to compare the costs and quality of that product or service, the

A Who Knew What Mystery
Culver said he found out about the initial findings Sept. 15, while traveling in eastern Iowa with Tramontina.“Culver pledges to work with film companies to sort out tax credits”- Thomas Beaumont Des Moines Register 9/21/09When information was first brought to my attention last week about Iowa’s film tax credit program, I was troubled.“An outraged Culver: Iowans will not be taken for suckers”- Jason Clayworth Des Moines Register 9/22/09Tramontina submitted a request for proposals Aug. 10 to find an accounting firm to review operations and expenditures of the Iowa Film Office, which is part of econo

Restoring the Fiscal Balance: Iowa Family Budget Initiatives
We have real solutions to help solve Iowa’s budget crisis and protect the very family budgets that will be at risk if bold action is not taken quickly.Constitutional Limit on State SpendingWe will propose and support an amendment to the Iowa Constitution to limit state spending to no more than 99% of state revenue. The current budget limitation law doesn’t work and, just last year, the legislature authorized nearly 70 loopholes in the current law to allow their outrageous spending increases.Only an amendment to the Iowa Constitution is immune from legislative loopholes. Limiting spending to 99% of revenue ensures a balanced budget and the annual deposit o

A History of Fiscal Mismanagement
In Their OwnWords …………….… a deepening national recession dealt Iowa a serious financial blow that Culver said has left him with no choice but to make "significant cuts in government spending."“Budget plan dismays some”- Jennifer Jacobs and Jason Clayworth Des Moines Register 1/29/09The new revenue estimates mean the cuts must go deeper. "This is the worst I've ever seen. This is the worst in my 27 years in the Legislature," Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs, said Friday during taping of Iowa Public Television's "Iowa Press."“More cuts in state jobs, services seen”- Jason Clayw