Eastern Iowa Health Center marks decade as federal safety net
The Cedar Rapids clinic celebrates 10 years serving uninsured and low income residents across five locations. Since 2007 it expanded to include acute care, dental, obstetrics, pediatrics and behavioral health with a $12.5 million budget. ACA and Medicaid managed care shaped growth, though delayed payments from insurers reduced funds to about $200,000 by this month. The center awaits future Medicaid shifts and expands services like a new oral surgery offering.
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Iowa
Community Health Free Clinic
Darlene Schmidt
Federal
Centers For Medicare and
Schmidt
Eastern Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Tts
Joe Lock
Lock
Towa
Eastern Iowa Health Center
Third Ave. SE
EIHC Eyes Growth And Expansion For Cedar Rapids Patients
EIHC reports patient visits rising from about 24 000 in 2014 to 39 420 in 2015 and 39 412 in 2016 with approximately 50 000 visits annually across five locations. As of mid December 2017 about 10 200 unique patients year to date, most below 200 percent of federal poverty level and many on Medicaid, and plans for a Town City clinic to reach impoverished populations.
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Parents Network
Eastern Iowa
Erin Langdon
Langdon
Lock
Cedar Rapids
EIHC
Free Health Clinic
GOP tax plan faces voter skepticism amid stalled spending talks
The plan would cut taxes across brackets with a larger standard deduction and fewer itemized deductions, expiring in eight years unless extended. Polls show approval below 35 percent, while Republicans push the package amid health coverage and spending deadline concerns. Senator McCain will miss votes due to brain cancer treatment, delaying Senate action on the tax measure.
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Congress
John McCain
R-Ariz
Arizona
Senate
McCain
Washington
Tax bill shifts costs from corporations to individuals
Analysis notes the tax plan permanently cuts corporate taxes while offsetting losses with two stealth individual tax increases through slower inflation indexing and ACA mandate repeal. It warns of higher brackets over time, with the indexing change producing about $25.6 billion in new revenue.
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Joint Committee On Taxation
Senate
New York University
Lily Batchelder
The
Wall Street Journal
Greg Ip
MedQuarter plans include 28 million parking ramp for PCI campus
Cedar Rapids weighs a 28 million, 98 thousand square foot medical office facility at 10th Street SE with a 450 stall ramp, a skywalk, and an at grade walkway. The plan, linked to tax financing, would create about 200 jobs and lift assessed values to 27 million by 2029, while sparking debate on urban parking and affordable housing.
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Second Avenue SE
PCI
Nesmith
PCI Clinic
10Th Street
10Th Street SE
Cedar Rapids
First Christian Church
Third Ave
MedQuarterland
Wasta
Jennifer Pratt
Mercy
Pratt
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