Health Care on Hold

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HEALTH CARE ON HOLD Alex Kelly/Iowa State Daily Kristin Failor, Board of Regents state relations officer, said, “There’s such a wonderful energy being on campus.” State relations o cer values student input By Jake.Dalbey @iowastatedaily.com Though her title is Board of Regents state relations officer, Kristin Failor, newly- appointed member in the office of the president, desires to be a pipeline for student input. Failor is an Iowa native. Graduating from the University of Iowa in 1997, she later attended Drake University to study law. Failor first began eyeing the state relations officer position for the Board of Regents after speaking with former officer Joe Murphy. Murphy’s enthusiasm toward the position and Failor’s prior titles convinced her Hannah Olson/Iowa State Daily About 26,000 people turned out in Des Moines on Saturday to march for women’s rights. Women’s rights marches took place in all 50 states. to give the opening a chance. “I was a former staffer in the house and a lobbyist; this takes everything I loved about that job and removed what I hated,” Failor has been a goal for Republicans Other key benefits of the Afford- said. “Because in this role, you’re staffing Affordable Care Act on Capitol Hill since the law’s able Care Act include an expansion the university, but you’re really a purveyor inception. of Medicaid that covers more low- of information. Not twisting knobs like a faces uncertainty as The act has been a controversial income Americans and a mandate lobbyist.” issue in Washington and through- that prevents insurance companies Not conforming to a traditionally aggres- Trump takes office out the country since it was signed from denying coverage for those sive demeanor, as typically seen in many into law by Obama in 2010. 49 with pre-existing conditions. lobbyist roles, Failor describes herself as By Brandon.Ghazali percent of Americans favor the law, Perhaps the biggest criticism of a goofy person — a trait she felt would be @iowastatedaily.com while 47 percent oppose it, accord- the act is the fact that it is man- embraced at Iowa State. ing to a CNN/ORC poll released dated. Along with the difference in job descrip- earlier this month. People are required to have tion, Failor felt strongly about the atmo- As with every new administra- Obama’s signature health care health insurance, and if they don’t, sphere at Iowa State. Visiting schools in tion, there are many questions that law has been touted by Demo- they are assessed additional taxes Colorado and Texas, Failor stands behind Americans are asking regarding the crats for numerous reasons. One is on their income. her belief that nothing can compare to nation’s future under President that it requires insurance plans to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, re- Iowa State’s campus. Donald Trump. cover 10 essential health benefits, leased some details of his proposed “There’s such a wonderful energy being One of the most prevalent ques- including coverage of maternity replacement plan for the Afford- on campus,” Failor said. “It’s a salt to the tions is about the current state of care, mental health and chronic able Care Act, including “getting earth Iowan type place. However, I still the American health care system. diseases. rid of the Obamacare mandates” don’t understand how some of you can A prominent part of Trump’s While this has the possibility of on insurance plans, which sup- walk around in T-shirts and shorts in win- campaign was his promise to creating better plans that allow porters say will lower costs for ter. That will always be odd.” repeal former President Barack people to receive better preven- people who don’t need the robust Failor described the students of Iowa Obama’s health care law. tative care, many have argued plans offered through the Afford- State as “Midwest nice,” stating that a To begin fulfilling that promise, that people have had their plans able Care Act. student helped her make her way across Trump signed an executive order cancelled by insurance compa- Paul’s plan left some unan- campus when she was lost and gave her Friday night initiating a freeze on nies because they don’t meet the swered questions, including what the feeling that the population on campus any new “Obamacare” regulations. requirements. effects it would have on Medicare. “epitomizes Iowa.” The action, one of Trump’s first The cost of replacing these plans He told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer last Emphasizing the importance of various from the Oval Office, sets into mo- is higher because people may Monday that it would be up to the voices on campus, Failor wants to help tion efforts to repeal and replace be paying more for services they the Affordable Care Act, which don’t use. HEALTH CARE p8 INPUT p8 Muslim Americans reassured of rights in Constitution By Alex.Ivanisevic the guest speakers who would be presenting: @iowastatedaily.com ACLU of Iowa legal director, Rita Bettis, and head of the (CAIR) department to monitor and combat Islamophobia, Corey Saylor. He A discussion on the legal rights of Muslim also said that Ames Police Chief Chuck Cy- students at Iowa State was hosted in the chosz would be present during the question Memorial Union Monday night with the and answer portion to answer any questions question of the night asking “What are your about what the Ames community is doing to rights?” combat Islamophobia. Before the start of Monday night’s discus- The informative portion of the discussion sion, Humza Malik, president of the Muslim began with Bettis taking over the mic and Student Association, arrived at the Sun Room presenting about Muslim rights and the in order to prepare for the forum and the in- processes involved in combating anti-Muslim troduction he would give for the event. discrimination. An educational display of the Malik explained that many of the Muslim constitutional rights guaranteed to Muslims international students have expressed con- in America and an analysis of the uncon- cern for how they will be treated and have stitutional proposed acts or laws that have been treated. Besides presenting information recently been theorized ensued. about the guest speakers, and the American “The ACLU has long sought a country, and Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Council of in Iowa, where religious liberty and equality American Islamic Relations (CAIR), Malik under the law are assured,” Bettis said. “At the believed the conversation could provide an- ACLU, we know that our country has yet to swers and guidance to those students. fulfi ll its foundational promise to be free and “This is more of an information session for equal for all. Since the days following 9/11, them,” Malik said. “Half of it is going to be the ACLU has prioritized work to combat talking about what [the guest speakers] do anti-Muslim discrimination.” Chris Jorgenson/Iowa State Daily and their experiences and then the other half She said there has been discriminatory and Corey Saylor, head of the Council of American-Islamic Relations, speaks at the “What Are Your Rights” forum Monday. Saylor talked about the incoming Trump administration and cabinet and their history relating to Islam. of the conversation will be centered toward disrespectful rhetoric in the last presidential any questions anyone has.” election and how such rhetoric has been used Bettis said. “Profi ling American Muslims would violate At the beginning of the discussion, Malik by the current president. With that information, she also included the First and Fifth amendments,” Bettis said. welcomed conversation moderator Clark “I want to walk you through exactly why “Know Your Rights” information such as the “The U.S. Constitution guarantees equal Wolf, director of bioethics and professor of his specifi c anti-Muslim proposals, if ever en- rights Muslims, and people of any religious protection of the laws and any federal law or philosophy at Iowa State, to speak. acted, and we would fi ght that, would violate orientation, have to wear any religious garb Wolf gave a brief introduction for each of the Constitution and laws of our country,” of his or her choice. 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