Right to hospital choice for state paid care debated in Iowa
Linn County Welfare Rights chair Fred Barrick demands that needy residents receiving state funded care should be allowed to choose hospitals closer to home. The group cites a state papers system steering patients to University Hospitals Iowa City and files a civil rights complaint.
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Vanessa Shelton
Gazette
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Fred Barrick
Linn County Welfare Rights
Linn Board of Social Welfare
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
The
Social Welfare Board
Linn General Relief Office
University Hospitals
Iowa City
General Relief
Kris Lint
Barrick
University Hospitals Information Services
Linn
Linn County
Jean Oxley
Parallelogram parcel splits Linn County park land
John and Mary Vanis own a home partly in Pinicon Ridge Park in Linn County. A land swap to convert their parallelogram parcel into a square was discussed at the Linn County supervisors meeting with a public hearing set for November 1. The board seeks surveyor guidance and legal authority on who can decide.
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Mary Burke
Wazette County
John Vanis
Central City
Linn County
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Don Hoskins
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Joe Rinas
George Hamilton
Conservation Department
Hamilton
Iowa
Craig Kelinson
Conservation Board
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