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Here’s some of what we were doing in 2023:
- We held events showing how the landmark bi-partisan Infrastructure Bill is helping Iowans including: adding $3.4 billion in highway aid; $432 million for bridge replacement and repairs; $638 million to improve water infrastructure; $305 million for public transportation; $120 million for airport infrastructure and upgrades; $100 million+ for expanded broadband internet coverage; and $15 million to protect against cyberattacks.
- We held events explaining the benefits included in the Inflation Reduction Act by which contains historic improvements of Medicare and health coverage, requires tax-dodging corporations to pay what they owe, delivers the largest investment in climate action in U.S. history.
- We held the first in a series of Save Our Seniors Townhalls, discussing the nursing home crisis and ways to solve it. We know the problem is compounded in Iowa where Medicaid payments were handed over to private insurance-industry administrators. Health care providers of all sorts got lower payments as the insurance companies had to make their own profit. We believe Medicaid should pay nursing homes a rate that can sustain a level of care that many nursing homes provide.
- We are leading the Lower Drug Prices Now campaign in Iowa because we know that no matter where people live, what they look like or what’s in their wallets, everyone deserves affordable medicine to have the best chance at healthy lives. We need guarantees when it comes to prescription medications. The greed from drug corporations and their powerful lobbyists are threatening our health and our pocketbook.
- Every American deserves affordable and accessible coverage when it comes to their health. We are again the lead organization for Health Care for America Now (HCAN).
- Along with Progress Iowa, we presented “Tell Your Story. Change the World.” at Common Good Iowa’s Policy Wise in Iowa annual statewide policy conference. We know that we’re all storytellers, communicating our values through stories that can inspire the motivation needed for change. We discussed the art of crafting a message in a way that connects with people on an emotional level. Rather than spouting statistics and analytical data, we find ways to turn them into compelling and relatable stories that allows us to create an emotional bond in a way facts and figures alone cannot.
- With our Iowa Main Streets and Country Roads project we continue to work with small business owners, farmers and the self-employed to amplify the true voice of working Iowans. We know our communities can’t thrive when they are threatened by big corporations and a taxation system that funnels wealth to the richest.
- We have given presentations, helped draft and submit letters to the editor and opinion pieces around the state on the issues that Iowans are concerned about.
- We joined with our affiliates, labor, allies and members to promote policy and programs that support everyday Iowans. And continued to help Iowans tell their stories on a variety of topics through media outlets, presentations, letters to the editor and meetings with lawmakers.
And we’re ready to keep on working thanks to YOU!