Rural Iowans face higher risk under GOP health plan
A CBPP analysis warns the American Health Care Act would end Medicaid expansion and replace it with per capita caps, harming rural Iowa where expansion boosted coverage by about 150,000 people. It cites declines in charity care at rural hospitals and notes 1.7 million expansion recipients live in rural areas nationwide.
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Prichard vows to fight for forgotten Iowans
Rep. Todd Prichard announces his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination promising to aid the forgotten Iowans. He cites education, health care, jobs, and a higher minimum wage while opposing Medicaid privatization and pledging to protect public workers.
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Fatal two-vehicle crash on Blairs Ferry Road NE
A Tuesday morning collision on Blairs Ferry Road NE in Cedar Rapids left one person dead and two others injured. Police report the Dodge truck crossed the center line and struck a Ford C Max head on. Both vehicle occupants were hospitalized with serious injuries and the truck driver also sustained serious injuries. The incident remains under investigation.
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