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Brett Altman, the CEO of Cass Health in Atlantic, said he was surprised when the hospital's initial grant application for Rural Health Transformation program funding for a $3 million PET scanner was rejected.

Natalie Krebs

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Iowa hopes to get up to $1 billion to improve rural health infrastructure. Some say it will do little to offset looming Medicaid cuts

Natalie Krebs

State officials hope to bring in up to $1 billion in federal funds over the next five years to improve rural health infrastructure, but some say it will do little to help rural hospitals weather looming Medicaid spending reductions.

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Appeals court rejects HUD homelessness overhaul saying it would be "disastrous"

Jennifer Ludden

The federal housing agency wants to shift money away from permanent housing and toward programs that impose sobriety and other conditions. Advocates warn that would push many back into homelessness.
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FIFA hikes World Cup prices, again. A finals ticket can now cost as much as $11,000

Rafael Nam

FIFA has raised prices for over 40 games of the World Cup in its latest sale that kicked off Wednesday, according to an NPR count. The most expensive tickets to the final now cost $10,900.
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Republicans in Congress say they have a deal to end the record-long shutdown at DHS

Sam Gringlas

The plan would fund DHS, except for immigration enforcement, through September. Republicans would then try to fund the whole agency for three years using a tactic that would not need Democratic votes.

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