Medicaid payments at Des Moines hearing spotlight care providers
Health care providers and Medicaid beneficiaries told Iowa legislators at a Des Moines hearing that the move to private managed-care for the $5 billion program has delayed or halted payments to home health workers and created supply shortages. One speaker, Michele Meadors, described difficulties securing essentials and services for her care as a wheelchair user, warning the impact on daily life and family finances. The session opened a four hour Legislative Health Policy Oversight Committee meeting, the first of two Medicaid managed-care oversight gatherings.
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Gene Wilder Dies at 83 in Stamford Connecticut
Epilogue notes Gene Wilder actor known for Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor comedies died Monday at his Stamford home at age 83. Cause listed as complications from Alzheimer's disease. Wilder, born Jerome Silberman, studied at Iowa and earned a BA in communications and theater arts in 1955.
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Linn County considers 10.25 wage rise by 2019
Linn County supervisors hear a draft wage ordinance to raise the minimum from 7.25 to 10.25 by January 2019 with CPI based annual increases. Ben Rogers introduced the plan at a work session and said changes can occur during the first two readings. Some members seek youth wage exceptions while others urge flexibility.
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Cedar Rapids to plant 750 saplings along Indian Creek
Cedar Rapids City Council allocated 477966 to reforest about 36 acres along the Sac and Fox Trail near Mount Vernon Road SE. The land previously housed mature trees erased four years ago for a sewer project, with saplings to restore the area by Indian Creek.
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