April 21 – PACT Act

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Guest: Joe Goedken, Iowa City VA Health Care System

At VA Iowa City Healthcare System, their health care teams are deeply experienced and guided by the needs of Veterans, their families, and caregivers.  And now, millions of Veterans nationwide are eligible for VA health care years earlier than called for by the PACT Act.

The PACT Act is a law that expands VA health care and benefits for Veterans exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange, and other toxic substances. This law helps the United States provide generations of Veterans—and their survivors—with the care and benefits they’ve earned and deserve. The PACT Act is perhaps the largest health care and benefit expansion in VA history.

The PACT Act will bring these changes:

  • Expands and extends eligibility for VA health care for Veterans with toxic exposures and Veterans of the Vietnam, Gulf War, and post-9/11 eras

  • Adds 20+ more presumptive conditions for burn pits, Agent Orange, and other toxic exposures

  • Adds more presumptive-exposure locations for Agent Orange and radiation

  • Requires VA to provide a toxic exposure screening to every Veteran enrolled in VA health care

  • Helps improve research, staff education, and treatment related to toxic exposures

If you’re a Veteran or survivor, you can file claims now to apply for PACT Act-related benefits.

To learn more about the PACT Act and your next steps, click here.

WEDNESDAY 4-17

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Z’S SLEAZE HEADLINES FOR 4-17

  • Pamela Anderson has joined the cast of the “Naked Gun” remake
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will be announced live on ‘American Idol’
  • Luke Combs congratulated Caitlin Clark on her #1 pick
  • Caitlin Clark will earn less on her WNBA rookie contract than three NBA mascots
  • Courtney Love doesn’t think Taylor Swift is important or interesting
  • Katy Perry reveals the reason she’s leaving ‘American Idol’
  • Journey’s “Greatest Hits” spends its 800thweek on the Billboard 200

TUESDAY 4-16

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Z’S SLEAZE HEADLINES FOR 4-16

  • The “Rust” armorer will spend 18 months in prison
  • CBS will re-air the Billy Joel concert special after it got cut two minutes short
  • Jimmy Buffet inspired Harrison Ford to impulsively get his ear pierced
  • The government might be going after Live Nation and Ticketmaster
  • O.J. Simpson’s Bronco may go up for sale
  • Henry Cavill expecting his first child with girlfriend
  • Bowen Yang from “SNL’ gushes about Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Team

ONE SHOT WEEKENDS

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MONDAY 4-15

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Z’S SLEAZE HEADLINES FOR 4-15

  • Caitlin Clark makes surprise appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live”
  • ‘The Golden Bachelor’ couple is already done
  • Coachella was full of surprise performances
  • Chris Stapleton joined Ryan Gosling in an “SNL” skit
  • Jelly Roll is being sued by a wedding band called Jellyroll
  • CBS pulls the plug on Billy Joel at the worst possible moment

SEE ‘SPRING AWAKENING’ BY CITY CIRCLE THEATRE CO.

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Win tickets to see “Spring Awakening” presented by the City Circle Theatre Company! This electrifying rock musical explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with unforgettable passion. Listen to Lady J all this week from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to play “April Showers Bring… Something?” Lady J will describe something that goes along with spring other than flowers. Text in the correct answer for your chance to win!

The performances are Fridays through Sundays, May 3-5 and 10-12, at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts. Get tickets now at City Circle Theatre Company’s website.