University of Iowa criticizes UNOS liver allocation change
Dr. Alan Reed argues the proposed policy shifts livers away from Midwest regions, risking a 15 percent drop in Iowa transplants and higher costs. He warns it would worsen access for rural, low income patients and sever local donation links, urging public comment.
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United Network For Organ Sharing
University of Iowa Health Care
UNOS
Midwest
Iowa
University of Iowa
Community letters urge flood sandbag reuse and praise local leaders
Cedar Rapids readers propose using floodbag removal sites to build a Time Check flood levee and urge volunteer efforts. Letters commend city planning, government leadership, and a congressman for hands on flood aid and political service.
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Cedar Rapids
First
Penn Avenue NW
Ellis Lane
Paul Anderson
Bill Barron
Rod Blum
Blum
Daniel Ruden
That Mexican Thing reawakens in US politics
Mary Sanchez argues that Donald Trump and Mike Pence promote a hostile view of Latinos. The column traces the cowboy-like alt right rhetoric to a long history of bigotry, notes Latinos as 55 million Americans and 17 percent of the population, and warns that the November 8 vote will test this enduring prejudice.
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Mike Pence
Donald Trump
Trump
Republican Party
GOP
Barack Obama
Pence
U.S
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