DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A legislative compromise has been struck on low-income health care, but now Iowa starts the complicated process of putting the plan in place.

On Monday the state will kick off a series of public hearings to explain the proposed health care plan recently approved by the state House and Senate. The hearings are a step the state must go through to get federal approval.

But after the dramatic health care debate in the state Capitol throughout the legislative session, these hearings are likely to stir up little controversy. Only a handful of people have filed comments ahead of time, according to Roger Munns, a spokesman for the Iowa Department of Human Services.

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