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https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Lee_01-resized.jpg38402560Iowa, under federal pressure to improve care for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, is set to join 45 other states that have closed most or all of their state institutions for such residents.