Policy Project critiques discount medical plans in Iowa report
The Iowa Policy Project finds discount medical plans are largely unregulated and not true insurance. Colin Gordon notes Iowa's low uninsured rate lessens perceived problems, with some states moving to regulate these plans. The report warns the value of discount cards is unclear and may not help high medical costs. reform could shrink the market for such plans.
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Cindy Hadish
Gazette
Iowa
Minnesota
Colin Gordon
Iowa Policy Project
Gordon
Florida
California
U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration
Cindy
Hadish
Sourcemedia
Inmate Escapes Hospital Custody In Iowa City
An Iowa City hospital treated Jefferson County Jail inmate Anthony Koehlhoeffer after an arrest in Fairfield. A signed custody document by hospital staff led to questions of custody responsibility. Koehlhoeffer, 20, stole three cars and carjacked another during a 20 hour escape and was recaptured in the Quad Cities.
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Mark Carlson
Gazette
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Iowa City
Anthony Koehlhoeffer
Quad Cities
Tim Dille
Koehlhoeffer
Dille
Former secretary of state and TV host Odell dies at 87
Mary Jane Neville Chinn Odell, a Des Moines broadcaster and Iowa secretary of state from 1980 to 1987, died after a sudden illness at age 87. An original KRNT-TV on air personality, she later joined Iowa Public Television and served in state government after winning the 1982 election. In Moline, a small plane overturned on landing at Quad-City International Airport injuring two people who walked away and were hospitalized.
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Mary Jane Neville Chinn
Odell
Des Moines TV
Krnt-Tv
Kcci-Tv
Iowa Public Broadcasting Network
Iowa Public Television
Robert Ray
Moline
Ill
Quad-City International
Bryan Johnson
Johnson
Chicago Midway Airport
Quad Cities
Judge Recuses Self From Iowa Supreme Court Retention Suit
Polk County District Court Judge Scott Rosenberg has stepped aside from a lawsuit aimed at blocking three Iowa Supreme Court justices from being removed. He declined due to appearing on the Nov 2 ballot as one of 71 lower court judges, saying the move avoids impropriety bias or prejudice. Judge Michael Huppert now oversees the case.
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Des Moines
Polk
Iowa Supreme Court
Scott Rosenberg
Michael Huppert
Local court charges list several alleged crimes in Iowa
The log lists multiple arrests across Linn, Johnson, and Cedar Rapids areas. Names include Tara Swanson, Travis Hunziker, Jade Slach, Dennis Stone, Deonte Pierre, Luis Cardona, Trey Smith, with charges ranging from domestic assault to theft and sexual abuse, plus reported incidents at Hawkeye Downs and Midwest Athletic Club.
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Deonte D. Pierre
Ashford Place
Iowa City
Langenberg Ave
Luis C. Cardona
S. First Ave
No. 9
Teen pleads not guilty in clerk death case
A Minnesota teenager, 17 year old Michael Swanson of St. Louis Park, has entered a written not guilty plea to first degree murder and first degree robbery in Kossuth County, Iowa. He faces similar charges in Humboldt County with arraignment set in Kossuth County on December 28.
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Associated Press
Algona
Minnesota
Iowa
Michael Swanson
St. Louis
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