Hospital costs vary widely across Iowa hospitals
A state panel reports hospital bills differ by up to 400 percent with baby delivery costs from 550 to 1800 dollars and tonsillectomies from 400 to 1750. The Iowa Health Data Commission lists average costs for 25 common diagnoses by facility, based on claims from Blue Cross Blue Shield Iowa Bankers Life Deere and Co. and Medicaid for 1982–83.
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ES Moines
Iowa
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Bankers Life
Deere and Co
Gene McCracken
Health Policy Corp
State Health Data Commission
McCracken
East Iowa hospital charges for newborn and delivery in 1982 83
A published list shows charges by Eastern Iowa hospitals for newborn care and normal delivery from July 1, 1982, to June 30, 1983. The statewide averages were 639 dollars for newborn care and 1160 dollars for normal delivery, with hospitals ordered by city.
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Eastern
Iowa
Anamosa
Sartori Memorial
Cedar Falls
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Methodist
Jane Lamb Memorial
Clinton
Winneshiek County Memorial
Decorah
de Witt
Finley Hospital
Dubuque
Central Community
Elkader
Grinnell General
Pepples Memorial
Independence
Iowa City
University Hospitals
Guttenberg Municipal
Delaware County Memorial
Manchester
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Marengo Memorial
John McDonald
Monticello
Muscatine General
St. Joseph’s
New Hone
Mercy
Oelwein
Postville Community Memorial
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Virginia Gay Memorial
Vinton
Washington County
Washington
Allen Memorial
Waterloo
St. Francis Hospital
Scholtz Memorial
Veterans Memorial
Waukon
Palmer Memorial
West Union
Chernenko calls for wide arms talks on strategic and medium range weapons
Soviet President Chernenko urged talks covering strategic and medium range nuclear weapons and outer space nonmilitarization. He spoke with Neil Kinnock and referenced a Geneva meeting set for January 7-8, noting readiness for radical solutions toward total nuclear disarmament.
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Moscow
Konstantin Chernenko
United States
Soviet Union
Chernenko
Neil Kinnock
Tass
Andrei Gromyko
George Shultz
Geneva
Washington
Reagan
Foreign Ministry
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Cedar Rapids Plans Christmas Tree On May's Island
Cedar Rapids Parks and Forestry workers raised a 365 foot Christmas tree on May's Island near City Hall. Donated by Jim and Sandy Burgess from White Eagle Trail SE the tree will be decorated with lights and a second tree shape with a star will adorn the City Hall side on Second Avenue.
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Cedar Rapids
Reagan tax plan would cut most, hit top earners hard
The administration expects tax cuts for 80 percent of filers with reductions or no increases, while about 20 percent in the top brackets would pay more as shelters are limited. The plan would trim from 16 brackets to 15 25 and 35 percent with an average 8.5 percent tax bill drop for individuals.
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Washington
Administration
Treasury Department
Reagan
White House
Larry Speakes
Reagan weighs Draconian budget cuts plan for 1988 targets
A White House working group prepares a Draconian plan to cut about 100 billion dollars from 1988 spending, mainly non military domestic programs. Medicare and aid to the poor face limited cuts while Social Security remains untouched as Reagan weighs this week how far to move in 1986 budget direction.
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Washington
Reagan
White Mouse
Larry Speakes
Congress
Memory Flames Haunt Us For Ghost of a Chance
A playful quip notes that past romances linger mainly when there was little chance, casting a humorous mirror on nostalgia and missed connections.
Mother's view of herpes sparks school access debate
A Cedar Rapids mother defends her son with herpes simplex II as Cedar Rapids Community Schools apply district guidelines. She says fear and ignorance fuel opposition to her 4-year-old in class, though medical guidance supports proceeding with prudent measures. The family questions how the boy contracted the virus at birth and notes the child’s disability and treatment history.
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Puncil
Monroe Developmental Center
Cedar
Cedar Rapids
Herpes
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Gazette
Des Moines
East
Gazette Wire Services
Paul Jensen
New York Times Service
Marion
U.S
Kurt Rogahn
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