Healthcare should serve Iowans, not Wall Street

By: Jeff Danielson

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: August 26, 2026

Words: 727

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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As a retired firefighter and former state senator, I’ve remained passionate about healthcare affordability and bipartisan policy that works for everyone.

That’s why Sen. Chuck Grassley’s bipartisan report, titled “Profits Over Patients: The Harmful Effects of Private Equity on the U.S. HealthCare System,” caught my eye.

The investigation reviewed more than 1 million pages of documents and examined hospital finance and operations under private equity firms. The report found that private equity-owned operators from …

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