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Report: Iowa will see sharp increases in Medicaid spending for Alzheimer’s patients

A new report from the Alzheimer’s Association estimates that Medicaid spending for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias will increase by 33 percent in Iowa in the next 10 years.


This year, Medicaid spending…
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Fidelity & Guaranty Life to be sold to Chinese insurance company

Beijing-based Anbang Insurance Group Co. Ltd. has reached a definitive merger agreement to buy Fidelity & Guaranty Life for $26.80 per share, according to a release. Reuters valued the deal at nearly $1.6 billion.


Fidelity & Guaranty…
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TAI offers application developer apprenticeships

The Technology Association of Iowa is looking for apprentices for an application developer program designed to train workers to enter the field. TAI notes that there is high demand for the skilled workers. Apprentices will …

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Event Nov. 19-21: Junior League plans 27th annual holiday gift fundraisers

The Junior League of Des Moines is holding its 27th Annual Holiday Gift Mart, Nov. 19 – 21, 2015, at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center, in downtown Des Moines. More than 50 vendors …

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Iowa Area Development Group wins national USDA award

Iowa Area Development Group has received the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Abraham Lincoln Honor Award for its work to promote economic development. The group, as the marketing and business development office for nearly 250 rural …

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DMACC, Iowa Bankers Association partner for Habitat home

Des Moines Area Community College and the Iowa Bankers Association have partnered to support the Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity and build a new home in central Iowa for a family in need. DMACC…
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Des Moines Social Club hires new executive director

Pete De Kock, an Iowa native and Grinnell College graduate, will be the new executive director for the Des Moines Social Club.

De Kock, pronounced De Cook, has been vice president of operations and communications…
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Iowa Senate Democrats want to delay state Medicaid privatization

Three Democratic legislative leaders are urging the Branstad administration to extend the deadline for health care providers to sign contracts with private Medicaid Managed Care Organizations. Providers have told lawmakers they are being pressured to …

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Survey: U.S. women paid less in every industry

  BY LIFT IOWA STAFF | @LiftIOWA


Women in the United States are paid less for equal work than men in all industries, and the widest discrepancy in wages is between married men and women…
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Lift IOWA contributing editor named

    We are happy to welcome back former Business Record staff writer Megan VerHelst in a freelance role as the “contributing editor” for the Business Record’s Lift IOWA e-newsletter.   Prior to leaving the Business Record earlier…
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