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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

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Opinion | Mercy Iowa City needs fixing, but should remain an acute health care facility

Evan Weidl, Opinions Editor August 23, 2023

Mercy Iowa City will likely soon be in the hands of the University of Iowa. After court filings alleged plans to turn Mercy Iowa City into a behavioral health facility, the acquisition could remove...

DITV: Affordable care

DITV: Affordable care

February 16, 2016

More than 55,000 Iowans signed up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act during the most current enrollment period. That is a 10,000 person increase in enrollment since last year. This enrollment...

In this Nov. 14, 2015, photo, Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, makes a point as Bernie Sanders listens during a Democratic presidential primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa. Clinton and Sanders are outlining the steps on Nov. 19, they would take to combat the Islamic State group, each making major speeches less than a week after the deadly attacks in Paris. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Dugan: Reach for the ideal on health care

January 29, 2016

Jack Dugan [email protected] Health care is a dubious subject, not only polarizing the left and the right wings of American politics but driving a spike in factions of otherwise like-minded party...

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders looks out into the crowd as he is introduced at the 2015 Iowa Democratic Hal of Fame inside the Double Tree Hotel in Cedar Rapids on Friday, July 17, 2015. Sanders' campaign has seen a dramatic increase in support in the past weeks. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)

Editorial: Sanders’s health-care plan too idealistic

January 22, 2016

Just hours before the Democratic presidential debate on Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., released his plan for universal health care provided by the U.S. government. The plan, which relies heavily on...