Iowa tax credits to aid 261200 residents under health reform
The Families USA report projects 261,200 Iowans will qualify for nearly 1 billion dollars in advanceable tax credits starting in 2014 to offset health insurance costs. About 105,000 uninsured and 156,100 insured people will be eligible, with credits targeted toward those under 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
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G R man has worm removed from eye
Cedar Rapids resident John Matthews traveled abroad and hunted turkeys before a microscopic worm swam in his left eye. Doctors struggled to diagnose until Dr. James Folk at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics identified the parasite during examination.
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University of Iowa
Local Man Survives Eye Worm Removal On TV
John Matthews of Cedar Rapids featured on Animal Planet show Monsters Inside Me at 2 p.m. Sunday. Doctors removed a retinal worm with a laser after it crawled from the gut to the eye and brain. Matthews survived and now does eye exercises though full vision may never return.
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Neighbor charged after beating Cedar Rapids woman
In Cedar Rapids police say 48 year old Jerome Power attacked 68 year old Doris Bevins inside her apartment on Fifth Ave SE near 11:20 p.m. Bevins remained in critical condition in Mercy Medical Center ICU. Power faces attempted murder charges amid a long criminal history.
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