Sam Walker, left, walks hand-in-hand with his father Kent, right, during a trip to Jordan Creek Town Center on Feb. 26, 2026, in West Des Moines. The family is calling for the state’s Medicaid program to continue their adult son Sam’s care after they were informed their benefits would be cut in half.
Sam Walker requests French fries from his mom, Leisa Walker, as they talk about visiting the food court at the mall on Feb. 26, 2026, in West Des Moines.
Sam Walker and his father, Kent, choose a drink from the vending machine together while visiting Jordan Creek Town Center on Feb. 26, 2026, in West Des Moines. After the Walker family’s managed care company informed them their son’s benefits would be cut in half, Kent and Leisa Walker are advocating to get the state Medicaid program to continue to pay for their adult son’s care.
House Speaker Pat Grassley, R-New Hartford, speaks during the 2025 Iowa GOP Legislative Breakfast at Hotel Fort Des Moines on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Des Moines.
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"I am under absolutely no deluded belief that this is over. It may be over, possibly for this year for us, but it will probably come back again. … We'll take the win for right now, but it's probably just a battle and not the war."
Sam Walker, left, walks hand-in-hand with his father Kent, right, during a trip to Jordan Creek Town Center on Feb. 26, 2026, in West Des Moines. The family is calling for the state’s Medicaid program to continue their adult son Sam’s care after they were informed their benefits would be cut in half.
Sam Walker requests French fries from his mom, Leisa Walker, as they talk about visiting the food court at the mall on Feb. 26, 2026, in West Des Moines.
Sam Walker and his father, Kent, choose a drink from the vending machine together while visiting Jordan Creek Town Center on Feb. 26, 2026, in West Des Moines. After the Walker family’s managed care company informed them their son’s benefits would be cut in half, Kent and Leisa Walker are advocating to get the state Medicaid program to continue to pay for their adult son’s care.
House Speaker Pat Grassley, R-New Hartford, speaks during the 2025 Iowa GOP Legislative Breakfast at Hotel Fort Des Moines on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Des Moines.
