Iowa Health Care Marketplaces Bring Low Premiums to Iowa
UI Health Care leaders say the health reform act marks a major shift and is here to stay. Insurance options in Eastern Iowa include CoOpportunity Health Coventry Health Care of Iowa and Gunderson Health Plan with subsidies for eligible households. Sample rates show a 21-year-old smoker within network paying 199.42 monthly versus 246.46 out of network, while overall premiums remain among the nation's lowest.
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How Iowa residents access new health insurance marketplace
Starting 2014 uninsured Iowans can shop for coverage at healthcare.gov with navigator help from Planned Parenthood of the Heartland. Tax credits may offset premiums for those under 400 percent of the federal poverty line. penalties apply for being uninsured.
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City mulls flood plan review amid election timing
Mayor Ron Corbett urges a broad public review of the flood protection plan involving levees walls pumps and storm sewer upgrades while resisting a rushed October timeline. He seeks citizen input and technical support to avoid benefiting a few at the expense of the many as state mitigation funding looms.
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Junking food harms all as waste hits 165 billion annually
A guest column argues that US households waste about 40 percent of food worth 165 billion yearly due to arbitrary sell by and best before dates. The author cites Harvard NRDC findings, suggests feeding scraps to chickens and worms, and notes solutions like worm composting and repurposing stale bread and overripe fruit into meals and products.
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