Blue Cross Blue Shield ordered to reshape hospital payments
Iowa Insurance Commissioner Bruce Foudree fires a six point action demanding Blue Cross Blue Shield of Iowa reform its hospital payment method within 90 days. The review targets premium calculations and costs, with potential cuts to advertising bad debts and charitable contributions as part of a drive to reduce rising premiums for 1.1 million subscribers and curb a 34 percent annual budget rise to 46 million.
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Bruce Foudree
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Blue Shield
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D. Eugene Sibery
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Major Israeli bombardment hits West Beirut as siege intensifies
Israeli dive bombers and gunners blasted near downtown West Beirut destroying two apartment buildings. Lebanon reports 110 to 210 killed or wounded with civilian casualties. Palestinian missiles hit near Jounieh. the Flora Red Cross ship damaged. PLO rejects Sudan asylum offer. Begin vows no talks with the PLO.
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Jerusalem
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Lebanon
Voice of Lebanon
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Red Cross
Flora
Bonn
Yasser Arafat
Mideast
Reagan hints extension of grain pact may lift minimum
President Reagan signaled a likely one year extension of the grain agreement with the Soviet Union could include a higher minimum purchase. Sen Roger Jepsen and others cite conversations with the White House while insisting no final decision has been made. Congress and Agriculture Department sources expect an announcement outlining the extension plan.
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Reagan
Soviet Union
Roger Jepsen
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Russia
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Reagan to hold news conference in Des Moines
President Reagan will speak at a news conference at 7 p.m. CDT announced by the White House. The session will be covered by the three major networks as he addresses the National Corn Growers Association in Des Moines, his second trip there in six months.
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Reagan
White House
National Corn Growers Association
Des Moines
Jepsen
George Bush
James Baker
Cedar Rapids teen dies after rope swing fall
Trent Schulte 16 fell at least 30 feet from a rope swing behind his home into a wooded gully and died at Mercy Hospital. Classmate Darrin Mercer, 16, helped after discovering him at the bottom. authorities note the swing was set up by Schulte earlier that summer.
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Trent Schulte
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Schulte
Sue
Gregory Schulte
Mercer
Jay Ehrlich
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