Iowa Faces 18 Percent Health Insurance Rate Hike
Wellmark, facing rising costs and aging demographics, defends an 18 percent average increase in individual health insurance. Iowa lawmakers question whether lifestyle, mandates, and private subsidies drive premiums, while Wellmark cites cost drivers and claims efficiency efforts.
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James Q. Lynch
Des Moines
Iowa
Susan Voss
house-Senate Commerce Committee
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Wellmark Blue Cross BlueShield
Janet Peterson
D-West
Wellmark
Paul Ryan
Jackson
Branstad lays out goals at Hamburg Inn campaign stop
Former Iowa governor Terry Branstad speaks to a standing room crowd in Iowa City at Hamburg Inn No. 2 as he campaigns for the Republican nomination. He pledges to create 200,000 jobs in the next 15 years and cut government size by 15 percent amid a tour of eight Iowa stops.
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Terry Branstad
Hamburg Inn No. 2
Iowa City
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House approves Ellis bill to save Ellis Harbor
Des Moines IA House approves HF 2484 96 to 1 to let Cedar River harbor at Ellis Harbor operate and permit transfer rules stay with families. After 2008 floods conflicts between boat owners and DNR, bill lets owners keep using barrels as flotation and transfers dock permits within families.
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Iowa
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Dcedar Rapids
Capitol Digest Roundup of Iowa Statehouse actions
A Capitol Digest brief notes Senate approval of a gun restraint bill for domestic abusers, a House committee passage of an amateur MMA regulation bill, and a public hearing on federal block grant allocations in Des Moines. Also quoted is Ping Huang discussing China’s vast yet uneven progress. Des Moines Bureau
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Iowa
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Midwest
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Budget huge work in progress in Iowa legislature
Democrats in the Iowa Legislature began crafting the 2011 budget with uncertainty over potential federal Medicaid funding of 95 to 127 million dollars. Leaders warn of gaps, while Republicans fear underfunding K 12 by about 170 million could raise local property taxes.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Iowa
Bob Dvorsky
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Mike Gronsial
Council Bluffs
GOP
Paul McKinley
Chariton
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