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May 27, 2025

This time around: A 15-minute listen on what threatens health care access in Iowa

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Whether or not you live in Iowa, your health care world is about to be rocked. The demographics of aging and chronic illness are straining a...
May 21, 2025

Two-minute read - Lawmakers' at-bat for health care access in Iowa

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A third of Iowa's rural hospitals are operating in the red, and we can expect to be short tens of thousands of physicians, nurses and di...
May 15, 2025

Two-minute read - Iowa lawmakers tackle health care access. Not.

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Iowa's census of physicians has shrunk by 500 over the past ten years, when it needed to grow by 300. Today, the top three employers for...
April 23, 2025

Two minute read: Simple steps reaping huge rewards.

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If you're not yet familiar with health care's newest neologism, you're gonna luv this one: "bedlocked."  How about som...
February 26, 2025

Where's a funnel when you need one?

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I was thinking of posting about some of the legislation currently being proposed to address Iowa's crisis of health care worker shortage...
February 12, 2025

Two-minute read: Is Iowa keeping up with its neighbors?

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Is there value in comparing oneself to others? Yes, when we're talking about how a state fares in the battle for workers. I dug into hea...
February 2, 2025

Quack quack quack

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No argument, the failure of leadership to assure safe and accessible health care for every Iowan is epic. But what rule says the minority pa...
January 8, 2025

Two minute read: New Year's Resolutions for Iowa's leadership

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I'm pretty sure Iowa is approaching that "fish or cut bait" moment in its evolution. The escalating crisis of health care acce...
December 20, 2024

A New Year, a new chance to schedule an interesting program!

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Are you that person who pledged to find more interesting, relevant and informative speakers for your organization in 2025? Well, it's ti...
December 9, 2024

An epidemic of medical errors

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December 6, 2024

See? It's not just me.

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You know I love a good fact-based rant, which is why I hope Dave Elbert of the Business Record never stops writing. He just shared one of my...
December 1, 2024

Sorry to be saying "Told you so."

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November 21, 2024

Two minute read: Every Iowan recognizes the odor of fertilizer.

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How many realize that 40 percent of Iowans live in "rural" Iowa? That means the life-threatening challenges faced by rural health ...
October 22, 2024

Two minute read: The issue EVERY candidate is avoiding.

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I cast an early ballot today, along with thousands of my fellow Dallas County citizens. It was heartening to see so many Iowans being so eng...
September 17, 2024

Two minute read: Vanishing workers and hospitals. Help.

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Iowa's population is projected to grow over this decade. Not as much as in the past (down by almost half), but, still, growing. That is ...