Opinions
Dear Savvy Senior,
Does Medicare cover any weight-loss treatments for overweight retirees? I just turned 65 and need to lose about 100 pounds and would like to know if Medicare can help.
Overweight Owen
Dear Owen,
Yes, traditional Medicare does indeed cover some weight-loss treatments like...
88th General
Assembly:
Week 3 saw a heavy load of subcommittee work in all committees. One piece of legislation I am managing is SF 2063.
SF 2063 is a bill that would require the department of inspections, appeals and licensing to establish a nursing home administrator training pilot program to...
Week Three
This week included one of my favorite days at the Capitol, the Iowa Firefighters Chili Cookoff. After six bowls of chili, we vote for our favorite. The winner this year was the Waucoma Fire Department. They were all delicious, and a big thank you to our volunteer firefighters. We...
I grew up in Otsego County. It’s located in upstate New York, about 250 miles north of New York City (which is “downstate”) It’s an area of small cities and much smaller towns and villages. It was a wonderful place to be a child: safe, friendly, clean air and water. As an adult, my first job was...
In 1974, Iowa legislators, under the leadership of Chuck Grassley, championed a groundbreaking initiative: the creation of the Area Education Agency system (AEAs). These AEAs, a network of 15 organizations, were established through innovative legislation to provide efficient, effective and...
Echoes From the Loafers’ Club Meeting
What’s the name of that guy who was a mnemonist whose elephantine ability to remember large amounts of information caused him to be called the “Yoda of Memory Training,” who coauthored “The Memory Book” with the basketball star Jerry Lucas and performed...
Dear Savvy Senior,
What safety tips can you recommend for older drivers? My 86-year-old mother, who still drives herself, had a fender bender last month and I worry about her safety.
Back Seat Daughter
Dear Back Seat,
With more and more older Americans driving well into their 70s, 80s and beyond...
88th General
Assembly:
Week two came and went in a blink of an eye.
Being home for MLK Day and caucus on Monday gave me an additional opportunity to slip into the local school and watch an FFA Conduct of Meetings team practice. The FFA organization offers so many great development opportunities...
This was a short week at the Capitol with Martin Luther King Jr holiday on Monday and winter weather on Thursday. A big thank you to everyone who helped with the Republican Caucuses on Monday. Despite the extremely cold weather, we had a good turnout.
Most of this week was consumed by...
Many may be feeling under the weather and may be considering ways to treat their ailments. Is soup an answer?
Others are excited for the upcoming Super Bowl. Did you know that if it had been held on the same date since the first game, it would have happened more than a week ago?
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