Health board makeup debated as lawmakers consider subscriber elections
A Iowa committee debated shifting hospital board control to include more subscribers yet kept appointment power with hospital staff. Some members urged subscriber elections by all subscribers, while Rep. Kyle Hummel opposed changes to election method. The panel took no action and may study prospective hospital payments for all insurers amid Blue Cross reforms and cost shifting concerns.
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Iowa Insurance Commissioner
Blue Cross
Bruce Foudree
Iowa council OKs 33% premium hike for state workers
The Iowa Executive Council approved a 33 percent increase in health insurance premiums for state employees starting January, with added cost containment rules. The panel also directed Insurance Commissioner Bruce Foudree to prepare bid specifications for new coverage next summer as unions discuss the impact.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Executive Council
Iowa
Bruce Foudree
Don McKee
American Federation of State
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Foudree
Population aging shapes future U S demographics and risks
Demographers warn the working age to retiree ratio could drop from 5.4 to 1 now to 2.6 to 1 by 2050. They outline a 2050 population range from 230 million to 428 million and stress uncertainty due to fertility rate changes and past Census projections.
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Long
Census Bureau
Linn County jail fire unlikely, sheriff says
Sheriff Donald Sawyer and jail officials describe fire safety at the Linn County jail as robust. They cite four annual drills, 20 hours of deputy training yearly, fire resistant mattresses, smoke detectors, and an automatic sprinkler system. An evacuation plan exists though building changes have required revisions, with Cedar Rapids Fire Department approval and state fire marshal notification.
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Mississippi
Linn County
Donald “Buzz” Sawyer
Iowa
Roy Roseberry
Biloxi
Roseberry
Cedar Rapids
Jail Fire at 18-Year-Old Facility Kills Jailer and Inmates
A fire at an 18-year-old jail trapped 97 inmates and three jailers. Jailer Tom Miller was hospitalized in critical condition after being overcome by smoke. Coroner Ed Little noted the blaze started in a cell mattress and spread via ventilation. Firefighters and inmates fear similar incidents in other facilities.
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Pates
Ed Little
Tom Miller
Guy Roberts
Miller
Danny Boudreaux
Larry Koch
Indianapolis
Poland, Pope to Visit in June 1983 Amid Martial Law
Archbishop Jozef Glemp led talks on a papal visit timed to ease Polish workers amid martial law and Madrid talks on security. PAP released an invitation for a pilgrimage beginning June 18, 1983, while Valencia officials cautioned more details were unresolved.
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European Security Conference
Madrid
Poland
People’s
Conference of the Episcopate
Pap
Valencia
Spain
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