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Research: Longer life spans a double-edged sword for retirees

New research from Principal Financial Group explores the implications that longer life spans will have for Americans’ retirement strategies. 

According to the white paper “Lifetime Income to Support Longer Life: Retirement Innovation and the New Age …

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PROJECT UPDATE: Construction nearly complete on new Clive Behavioral Health

Construction is nearing completion of the Clive Behavioral Health facility at 1450 N.W. 114th St. in Clive. Below is an interior photo of a hallway in the facility. Photos special to the Business Record

What: Construction of …

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DHS announces new partnership to grow Iowa’s health care workforce

The Iowa Department of Human Services and the Broadlawns-UnityPoint Psychiatry Residency Program announced the launch of a partnership with a goal to strengthen Iowa’s direct care workforce and provide training opportunities, according to a DHS release. …

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Changing systems, lifting barriers to health equity

For the past five years, Suzanne Mineck’s team at the Mid-Iowa Health Foundation has been working to develop, fund and expand initiatives to identify and address negative social determinants of health that contribute to and …

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Guest opinion: Would having more ‘Blues’ make us happier?

Many of you residing in Iowa reading this post are probably covered by a Blue Cross and Blue Shield health insurance policy. Most likely your health plan is insured by Iowa-based Wellmark Inc. or Wellmark …

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Data breach at Iowa City hospital could affect 60,000

Iowa City Press-Citizen: After an email account of a Mercy Iowa City employee was accessed by an unauthorized user this spring, an investigation found that the data of over 60,000 Iowans may have been put at …

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MercyOne unveils completed birthing center at W.D.M. hospital

Kathy Goetz, vice president of women’s services and the children’s hospital at MercyOne, cuts the ribbon to the new maternity center as Phil Harrop, chief operating officer of MercyOne, assists.

Families in the western suburbs …

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Guest opinion: On influence: Here’s how you can make me wear a mask

When I saw an “awareness campaign” to fight COVID in Iowa, I wondered: Who is not aware of the global pandemic?

Awareness spiked in March, and since then so many things have changed for so …

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Wellmark unveils new e-book exploring millennial health

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield has made a new e-book, “Millennials in Your Workplace,” available to help Iowa and South Dakota employers better understand millennial health trends and their potential impact on the workplace. …

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Polk County awards $5,000 grant to spread Make It OK message

Capital Crossroads and Make It OK have received $5,000 from the Polk County Community Betterment Grant Program to reduce mental illness stigma in Iowa. The organizations launched a digital advertising campaign this month to spread …