U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. says a new Iowa law puts the state at the front of the Make American Healthy Again or MAHA movement. Kennedy spoke Wednesday afternoon during a bill signing ceremony in Governor Kim Reynolds’ office. Included in the package is a requirement that state officials to keep applying for federal permission to restrict government food assistance to healthy foods. Governor Reynolds.
“Refocusing federal food assistance programs on the actual purpose for which they were created: helping low income families afford nutritious food,” Reynolds said. “Today with the approval of the USDA, Iowa’s SNAP and Summer EBT programs will support the purchase of produce, grains, meat and dairy, but candy and soft drinks are no longer covered.”
Reynolds says the bill may expand Iowans’ access to mental health services by letting psychiatrists licensed in surrounding states schedule telehealth visits with Iowa patients.
