In 2000, Iowa received HRSA SPG funds to research the uninsured and the Iowa health insurance marketplace. The Iowa SPG developed several coverage options from this grant including expanding public insurance to cover adults less than 200 percent FPL with various benefit packages, tax credits, pooling, and creating a reinsured commercial product.

Final Report, October 2001

Interim Report, March 2002

Final Report, September 2004

Final Report, September 2005

Kinzel, A. "What a Drag It Is...The Economic Impacts of Rising Health Insurance Premiums," Iowa Department of Public Health, July 2004.

Iowa Department of Public Health, Striving to Expand Health Insurance to All Iowans: Focus Group Proceedings, Summer 2001.

Iowa Department of Public Health, Striving to Expand Health Insurance to All Iowans, Spring 2001.