Auditor backs new Medicaid savings formula amid privatization concerns
The Gazette notes State Auditor Mary Mossman finds the May 2018 cost-saving formula the most accurate among three projections for fiscal 2018 to September 2018 126 million. It contrasts private managed care with the 2015 state-run costs of about 5 billion and warns no real savings have yet materialized while per member costs rise. The piece critiques the lack of clear enrollment, provider payment timing, and broader impacts on ombudsman functions and nonprofits.
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Community Letters Drive Needed for Cancer Patient Transport
The American Cancer Society Road to Recovery calls for volunteer drivers in Linn and Johnson counties to shuttle cancer patients to treatments. Volunteers set their own schedules and distances. contact 1 800 227 2345 or visit cancer.org drive for details. Joell Smith Marion Group eyes updates to Interstate 380 landscape with Eye 380 nonprofit efforts.
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Johnson Counties
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Joell Smith
Marion
Black education debate and charter school contrasts
Walter Williams argues against delaying Black students' education while touting charter schools. Data from Sowell and NY state tests show large gaps between Black students and peers, with Success Academy outperforming William Floyd. He cites liberal reluctance toward charter networks and notes teachers sending children to private schools.
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New York State
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New York
Success Academy
William Floyd
Sowell
Crown Heights
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Brooklyn
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D.C
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Rapids celebrates federal funding for Cedar River flood control
City officials formally signed a $117 million partnership with the Army Corps of Engineers to build east side flood walls and levees along the Cedar River, including a $41 million loan. Five-year spending window, 15 years to finish west side protection, and property tax increases to cover the city’s share.
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Iowa
Cedar River
Army Corps of Engineers
Steven Sattinger
Corps
Rock Island
Jeff Pomeranz
Congress
Sattinger
Brad Hart
Ann Poe
Rob Davis
Davis
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