tim hughes has lived in rural elkhart for about a year and a half now. tim hughes, elkhart resident: "pulling out on the highway, and straight from our driveway and people come by a little two fast, and we have a little sight problems around his neighborhood, the speed limit is 55. but a bill that's now in the iowa house could change that. tim hughes, elkhart resident: "we live in a residential area, where you hit a group of homes here and i think keeping the 55 is plenty fast enough." representative rob bacon introduced his proposal after a d-o-t study found the average driver went 62 down rural highways, rep. rob bacon, iowa state representative: "actually, i feel comfortable at 60 and most people i've talked to say let's just boost it up to 60 miles an hour and they feel very comfortable with that." other lawmakers agreed, quickly pushing the bill through subcommittee. adrienne st. clair, grimes resident: "55 mile per hour speed limit does seem fairly slow on the rural two lane highway, maybe going to 65 limits might be too fast." state patrollers hav

tim hughes, elkhart resident: "i don't think raising the speed limits would work in every area, but if you can pick and choose for which areas it would work, i think that okay." sabrina: law makers say if drivers ramped up their speeds, law enforcement could choose how to enforce it. also, there would be no reason for drivers to increase it by another five. sabrina: what are your thoughts about the speed limits on rural highways? let us know -- we may use your comments on-air. thoughts on facebook. call . think! your screen. continuing at the state house, some big confusion over medicaid in the state elias: if you're one of 560-thousand iowans who use medicaid, you're still not sure what to expect for health insurance. months ago, packets were sent out asking iowans to choose which private company they wanted to change their care to. since then, deadlines have come and gone - now lawmakers are asking to trash the whole idea. the senate will introduce a bill today to end the state's contracts with the three out- companies. 9:48 our job is to be responsible to the people we represent. if

tim hughes, elkhart resident: "i don't think raising the speed limits would work in every area, but if you can pick and choose for which areas it would work, i think that raising it would be okay." elias: law makers say if drivers ramped up their speeds, law enforcement could choose how to enforce it. also, there would be no reason for another five. elias: what are your thoughts about the speed limits on rural highways? let us know -- we may use your comments on-air. you can post you thoughts on twitter and facebook. or send us an email or give us a call . we'd love to hear what you think! the contact information is on your screen. lias: new this morning...iowa's law enforcement and prosecutors have committed to fighting the heroin epidemic in the state.. elias: last night more than 150 people came together in cedar rapids to discuss the heroin problem.. speakers focused on how they're working to solve the problem through prevention, treatment and law enforcement. cedar rapids police say last year the city had about 250 cases involving heroin when you consider police and hospital data.

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