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DES MOINES — The Iowa House on Wednesday approved two bills to increase access to health care, especially in rural Iowa, by requiring the University of Iowa medical and dentistry schools to offer more opportunities for Iowan students and residents.House File 468 would require the state Board of Regents to adopt a policy that not less than three-quarters of students in the UI schools of medicine and dentistry be Iowa residents or have attended a community college, private college or regents university in Iowa.A second bill, HF 487, would require the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics offer interviews for medical residencies to Iowans with similar qualifications.Rep.

 

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