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Iowa leaders' choices cost nursing home residents | Opinion
The column criticizes Miller-Meeks for voting to delay federal nursing-home staffing requirements.
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In an opinion column, Kevin Techau and Dean Lerner criticize Iowa officials and its U.S. representatives for opposing federal nursing-home staffing requirements, arguing that their actions leave residents at risk. They cite staffing violations and deaths they attribute to inadequate care.
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