From the Citizen-Press
Iowa City Waiting to Turn Blue?
(UPS) Iowa City
Dan Roberts
Iowa City council members, who have been discussing a possible name change in exchange for financial considerations, will have to decide between Wellmark BlueCross City or Wellmark BlueShield City due to the University of Iowa School of Public Health's impending decision to go with the Wellmark Foundation School of Public Health. "We are disappointed that we can't be Wellmark City," said Mayor Ross Wilburn, "but as long as we can be part of the "Blue Team", we are happy."
As part of the negotiations, city workers will be covered by a Wellmark HMO plan, as long as they do not have any pre-existing conditions.
In a related story, Jim Faucett, mayor of Coralville, said "I am urging my fellow council members to move on renaming Coralville "Wellmarkville." We don't want to miss this opportunity to collaborate with Wellmark and Iowa City to make Johnson County the Health Insurance Corridor.
Mayor Tom Salm of North Liberty could not be reached for comment, as North Liberty activists are considering seceding from Iowa.
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