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(Des Moines, IA) -- The State of Iowa is filing a lawsuit challenging a federal COVID-19 vaccine rule for Medicare and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers. Iowa has five state-run health care facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid funding: the Iowa Veterans Home, the Cherokee and Independence Mental Health Institutes, and the Glenwood and Woodward Resource Centers.
“Medical providers that have been on the frontlines of this pandemic saving lives deserve the freedom and ability to make their own informed health care decisions. Not only is this an attack on individual liberties, it’s yet another mandate that will further exacerbate the critical workforce issues currently impacting the health care industry across the country. I believe the vaccine is the best defense against COVID-19, but I also firmly believe in Iowans’ right to make health care decisions based on what’s best for themselves and their families, and I remain committed to protecting those freedoms. President Biden should do the same," said Governor Reynolds.
Iowa has already joined two other multi-state lawsuits challenging the mandate.
Read the complaint HERE.