Managed Care Year One Opens In Iowa Medicaid
The Gazette tracks a Iowa family as the state begins private company Medicaid coverage on April 1. The yearlong observation follows their challenges and adaptations through the transition to private providers and new billing practices.
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Iowa
the Gazette
Special-needs son’s care tests Iowa Medicaid switch
Chelsea Keenan profiles Edberg whose 13-year-old son Colin, living at Hills and Dales in Dubuque, navigates a dozen providers after Iowa’s shift to a managed-care Medicaid model. Edberg voices fear as he seeks a single primary care option under multiple MCOs and out-of-state insurers.
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Colin Edberg
Carol
Iowa City
Hills and Dales
Dubuque
Edberg
Terry Branstad
Colin
Hills and
Dales
University of Iowa
International students shape Iowa campuses amid war’s impact
The piece surveys Iowa colleges and universities with rising international enrollments, focusing on how conflict in their homelands brings students to campus. It explores arrival experiences, daily life, challenges, and hopes for the future in a hands on portrait of student resilience.
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Iowa
Russian student in Iowa studies impact of conflict at home
University of Iowa economics PhD student Lev Lvovskiy notes a deep political rift among Russians, even in Iowa City, where divisions surface over opinions on Ukraine and national policy. The piece highlights personal tension among classmates and the broader social split.
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Lev Lvovskiy
Iowa
Lvovskiy
University of Iowa
Henry B. Tippie
Tornado hit downtown Iowa City and church destroyed
In April 2006 a tornado tore through downtown Iowa City destroying St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, a 130 year old building. Rev. Rudolph Juarez recalls congregants fleeing to the rectory basement as the storm approached, three days before Easter.
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Rudolph Juarez
St. Patrick’s Catholic
Juarez
the Gazette
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