State list of family planning providers criticized as confusing
The Gazette reports Iowa’s publicly posted list of 1,431 so called providers includes dermatologists surgeons and others who do not offer family planning services. Critics say the database is not user friendly may deter clients seeking birth control tests and STD treatment.
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State Hygienic Laboratory
University of Iowa
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Iowa Department of Human Services
Aging Iowa nursing homes face budget pinch
Rural Iowa facilities bear the burden as state Medicaid operations delay payments and increase contested claims. Nationwide, average annual long term care cost sits near eighty-two thousand dollars, with Medicaid covering the majority of expenses.
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Kaiser Family Foundation
Protesters picket Bill Dix's home in Shell Rock
About 100 activists protested outside Iowa Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix's home in Shell Rock, carrying signs and drums as they denounced his anti family and anti worker agenda. Police barricaded the street while neighbors watched from a deck during the hour long demonstration on a snow covered sidewalk.
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