Standing up for nursing home residents in Iowa
The Gazette editorial supports enhanced staffing rules for nursing homes and intervenor groups challenging the Biden administration. It cites Iowa AG Brenna Bird’s warnings of mass shutdowns, frontline caregiver accounts of care failures, and a study on profits masking substandard services. The piece argues for better care, condemns the status quo, and urges lasting reform.
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Iowa Gov Reynolds urged to join Summer EBT 2025
A reader letter advocates for Iowa to participate in the Summer EBT program, citing hunger data and 13 995 Linn County children eligible for free or reduced lunch. The writer, a Save the Children Action Network advocate and grandparent, urges Gov Reynolds to stand with hunger groups and families to reduce child hunger.
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Kim Reynolds
Iowa
Tom Glad Reynolds
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Anger over insurer delays echoes in a tragic death
Harrop recounts her experience with UnitedHealth delaying cancer treatment for her husband, detailing the brutal denial tactics, the emotional and financial toll, and a broader critique of private insurer practices and proposed Medicare Advantage deregulation. The piece links the killer’s motive to anger at coverage denial and notes the executive’s later wealth.
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Brian Thompson
Rutgers University Law
Jay Feinman
United Healthcare
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UnitedHealth
Feinman
William “Dollar Bill
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Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate on secure elections
Paul Pate outlines plans to strengthen Iowa elections across 99 counties. He cites high trust in the process, recounts near-close races, and proposals to verify citizenship, expand voter list maintenance, and streamline eligibility checks with lawmakers and Gov. Reynolds to ensure trustworthy, fair elections.
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