Iowa House considers health cost bill with data commission
Rep. Robert Arnould cites 74 percent cost rise 1974 to 1979 while living costs rose 40 percent. He notes Iowa residents spend more time in hospitals and Blue Cross Blue Shield users exceed national averages. The bill would create a data commission to standardize billing and study costs, length of stay, and testing to curb excess spending. Some push to add consumer seats on Blues boards failed 35 to 58. Legislators warn the bill won’t solve all cost issues and more reforms may follow.
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Weather forecast shows mixed precipitation and wide temperature spread
Extended forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Friday with a chance of rain Saturday and possible snow or rain Sunday. Highs in the 30s and lows in the 20s. Flood warnings persist for the Flint River area with high water threatening Albany and Leesburg, Georgia. Rain and snow bands span from Texas to New England, with temperatures ranging from the 20s to near 80 in the Inland Southwest.
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Girl carries injured neighbor after motorcycle crash
Shawna Musgrove, 16, carried Wes to his home after a motorcycle crash leaving him with a knee fracture and ligament damage. Wes will wear a plaster cast for eight weeks. police seek the motorcycle and riders as Lt. Benters asks the driver to report.
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Guardian angel helps boy from river ice rescue
Staci Paragamian pulled her brother Jon from the icy river after lying on the ice to reach him. Shirley Welton suggested the act came from watching Sesame Street while Betsy Paragamian reflected on the danger and the children’s luck in surviving.
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Manhunt and raid target Kahl tax fugitive near Medina
Federal officials kept reporters a mile from the farmhouse as a search for Kahl intensified. A shootout near Medina left two marshals dead and several officers wounded while the suspect’s wife Joan and relatives faced murder charges. Broer Wegner are jailed in Jamestown after being linked to the case.
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Medina
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Public comment sought on grant for Troy Mills lagoons plan
Chester, chairman of the Troy Mills sanitary district, urged public input on a grant proposal to build three lagoons near North Linn High School. He warned rising rents threaten fixed income residents and the North Linn School District faces a steep rate increase to cover project costs.
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Nurses reveal ethical split over lethal overdoses survey
Nine percent of U S hospital nurses surveyed say they deliberately gave a narcotic overdose to a dying patient and would do it again. Sixty one percent deny ever doing so while thirty percent say they might. The poll of over 5 000 was conducted by Nursing Life associate publisher Maryanne Wagner.
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