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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 2016
Page
6
The Gazette argues for robust bipartisan supervision of Iowa's privatized Medicaid system serving over 600000 residents and spending more than 5 billion in taxpayer funds. It urges stronger public discussion, accountability, and ongoing oversight as private providers prioritize profits and seek rate changes.
A collection of reader letters discusses Standing Rock victory, pipeline debates, and energy policy. One writer criticizes government action on pipelines and media coverage while expressing concern about national progress and security. Another letter questions police reporting details in a local shooting case and the Linn County attorney’s decision not to indict. A third commenter notes Medicare Part D Donut Hole reform linked to the ACA and seeks updates from lawmakers.
Lenore Skenazy profiles Loria the scorpion apologist who earned a doctorate in scorpion studies at the American Museum of Natural History. The piece details her fieldwork in Southeast Asia, handling live scorpions with ultraviolet light, and notes that 45 of 2,200 species are venomous while scorpions predate dinosaurs.
Lyndalowa Waddington reports lawmakers in Iowa plan to advance state issued IDs for voting in the 2017 session, despite no credible evidence of in person voter impersonation. Critics cite prior studies, urging focus on cleanup of voter registration, restoration lists, false information, and middle-class economic barriers.
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