>>> COMPLAINTS BY TENANTS OF HUNTER BLOOMINGTON PROPERTIES HAS MONROE COUNTY OFFICIALS LOOKING INTO MORE RENTER PROTECTIONS FOR THOSE LIVES OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS.

>>> GIRLS, INC.

OF MONROE COUNTY IS CLOSING AFTER FUNDS TO KEEP IT RUNNING DRIED UP.

>>> AND AN HISTORIC AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH IN BLOOMINGTON RECEIVED A GRANT FOR REPAIRS TO THE CENTURY-OLD STRUCTURE.

WE'LL HAVE THESE STORIES AND MORE COMING UP ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

>> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY: >>> WELCOME TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.

I'M PERRY METZ SITTING IN FOR THE VACATIONING JOE HREN.

MONROE COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING MORE RENTER PROTECTIONS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.

THIS COMES AFTER TENANTS POSTED ABOUT POOR CONDITIONS AT A APARTMENTS OWNED BY HUNTER BLOOMINGTON PROPERTIES WITH SOME VIDEOS REACHING NEARLY 60,000 VIEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

BUT AS WE REPORT, MANY OF HUNTER'S PROPERTIES SEPARATE OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS, KEEPING TENANTS FROM GETTING HELP FROM THE CITY'S HOUSING ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM.

>> RISING INDIANA UNIVERSITY JUNIOR DENAY JOHNSON MOVED INTO APARTMENTS IN JUNE.

SHE SAYS AFTER A MONTH LIVING IN THE APARTMENT, HER AIR CONDITIONER BROKE DURING A RECENT HEAT WAVE, RAISING TEMPERATURES TO 87 DEGREES.

>> IT WAS HOT AND MUGGY IN HERE AND YOU WOULD WALK INSIDE AND YOU WOULD INSTANTLY BE COVERED IN SWEAT.

WE COULDN'T SLEEP HERE.

IT WAS WAY TOO HOT FOR US TO SLEEP AND OUR CATS WERE PANTING.

>> JOHNSON CONTACTED THE CITY'S HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, ONLY TO LEARN BLOOMS SITS JUST OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS PUTTING IT JUST OUTSIDE OF HAND'S REACH.

SHE PUT TOGETHER A TIKTOK VIDEO.

EXPERIENCING DELAYS WAS FRUSTRATING.

>> IT FELT DEHUMANIZING IN A WAY.

HEY, HERE'S THIS APARTMENT THAT WE ADVERTISE AS LUXURY HOUSING AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIX ANYTHING THAT'S BROKEN IN IT.

AND WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE YOU MOVE INTO WHATEVER CONDITION THE LAST PERSON LEFT IT IN AND JUST HAVE YOU DEAL WITH IT.

>> MAINTENANCE ARRIVED THREE WEEKS AFTER JOHNSON'S INITIAL REQUEST AND COMPLETED THE REPAIR.

FORMER BLOOM RESIDENT SAYS HER PROBLEMS STARTED IN THE SECOND YEAR AT THE COMPLEX, AFTER MULTIPLE MAINTENANCE REQUESTS.

>> THEY SAID THEY WOULD COME BACK WITH A PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT.

>> BECAUSE HER AIR CONDITIONING WAS CONSTANTLY RUNNING HER ELECTRIC BILLS WERE AS HIGH AS $800 AND MOLD EVENTUALLY DEVELOPED TO THE HIGH TEMPERATURES.

SHE POINTS TO A SYSTEMIC ISSUE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN MONROE COUNTY.

>> ONCE YOU TAKE OUT THE FACT THAT THIS ISN'T ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEN THE HOUSING THAT SOMEBODY DOES HAVE ISN'T, LIKE, SAFE OR HEALTHY, IT REALLY PUTS PEOPLE IN A BAD SITUATION.

>> BUT TENANTS OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES TO REPORT POOR CONDITIONS AT HUNTER PROPERTIES.

RESIDENT AT SASSAFRAS HILLS PARENT AND SOCIAL WORK STUDENT JESSICA STATLER SAYS SHE WAS DEALING WITH MOLD.

>> IT WAS CONTINUOUSLY MOLD GROWING EVERYWHERE.

IT WAS UNDER OUR SINKS IN OUR CLOSETS, IN OUR BEDROOMS TO THE POINT, LIKE, I WAS GETTING SICK.

SO I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE DOCTOR FOR IT.

>> HAND HAS THREATENED HUNTER WITH LEGAL ACTIONS AND FINES OVER VIOLATIONS AT SASSAFRAS HILLS.

THE MONROE COUNTY SAFE HOUSING COMMITTEE, THE ARM OF HOOSIER ACTION HAS JOINED EFFORTS WITH SOME HUNTER TENANTS INCLUDING JOHNSON, GALLEON.

MITCH SAYS FOCUSING ON ONE COMPANY'S VIOLATIONS IS INFORMATIVE BUT DOES NOT ALWAYS PRODUCE SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM RESULTS FOR TENANTS.

>> IT TELLS YOU HOW BAD THE OTHER ONES CAN BE, BUT TO JUST LOCK IN ON THEM AND KIND OF PENALIZE THEM FOR DOING IT, WILL ONLY LEAD TO IT REPRODUCING ITSELF LATER.

>> CARPENTER ALSO DOES OUTREACH FOR THE MONROE COUNTY SAFE HOUSING COMMITTEE.

THEY WANT TO CREATE AN INDEPENDENT POSITION TO HANDLE TENANT COMPLAINTS AND PROVIDE A RENTAL DATABASE THAT LIST CODE AND HEALTH VIOLATIONS.

SOME OF THE GROUP'S MEMBERS MET TO DISCUSS THEIR CONCERNS.

THE COUNTY CURRENTLY RELIES ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO HANDLE RENTAL COMPLAINTS BUT THAT ONLY COVERS ISSUES LIKE MOLD AND OTHER HEALTH CODE VIOLATIONS.

>> OUR RENTERS ARE EVERY BIT AS A FULL-TIME RESIDENT AND SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN HERE 30 YEARS AND SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS GRIEVANCES REGARDLESS OF WHAT SIDE OF THE CITY BOUNDARY THEY LIVE ON.

FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M MIA LEMKU.

>> WE REACHED OUT TO HUNTER BLOOMINGTON PROPERTIES AND THEY DECLINED TO COMMENT ON THIS.

>> GIRLS, INC.

WILL BE CLOSING THE MONROE COUNTY SATELLITE LOCATION AT THE END OF THE MONTH AFTER IT FAILED TO SECURE FUNDS TO OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY.

OUR ISABELLA VESPERINI HAS MORE.

>> PROGRAMMING STOPPED AT GIRLS, INC.

OF MONROE COUNTY AFTER SUMMER CAMP ENDED JULY 24th.

SINCE THEN, THE BUILDING HAS REMAINED EMPTY.

EMPLOYEES HAVE WORKED TO CLEAN THE SPACE AND PACK UP.

NORMALLY, EMPLOYEES WOULD BE PREPARING TO DELIVER PROGRAMMING INTO SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT GIRLS.

>> IT'S A PLACE FOR GIRLS TO BE THEMSELVES, COMPLETELY, UNAPOLOGETICALLY, IT'S A PLACE FOR THEM TO GROW AND FEEL SAFE IN GROWING.

A PLACE FOR THEM TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THEMSELVES IN OTHER PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S ROLE MODELS OR WHATEVER.

>> NOW THAT RESOURCE WON'T BE AVAILABLE.

AFTER FIVE YEARS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM GIRLS, INC.

OF SHELBYVILLE AND SHELBY COUNTY, THERE ISN'T ENOUGH MONEY TO KEEP THE LOCATION OPEN.

>> WE HAVE DIMINISHED OUR CASH RESERVES QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

AND SOMETIMES IT JUST COMES DOWN TO A MATH PROBLEM.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S -- THAT'S THE WALL THAT WE'RE PRESSED UP AGAINST IN MONROE COUNTY.

>> AS A PARENT WHOSE DAUGHTER WAS IN GIRLS, INC.

SUMMER CAMPS THE PAST TWO YEARS SULLIVAN SAID IT'S HARD TO ACCEPT SHE WILL LOSE THAT SUPPORT SYSTEM.

>> SHE'S LOSING A SPACE THAT SHE HAD A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN HER CORNER.

>> SHERRY SUSNICK HAD TWO GIRLS IN GIRLS, INC.

AS A SINGLE MOM, SHE SAID IT WAS A LIFESAVER.

>> NOT ONLY AS A PARENT DO YOU LOOK FOR SOMETHING TO PUT YOUR CHILDREN IN THAT IT PROVIDES A SAFE SPACE, A PLACE IS GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOUR KIDS AND CREATE A SAFE PLACE FOR THEM TO STAY.

YOU LOOK FOR A PLACE THAT HELPS YOUR KID GROW.

>> SUSNICK WORRIES ABOUT THE IMPACT ON COMMUNITY.

>> KNOWING THAT MY KIDS WERE TAKEN CARE OF AND NOT LATCHKEY KIDS AND FED A SNACK.

WHAT ARE PARENTS GOING TO DO OUT HERE TODAY, IN THIS ECONOMY THAT ARE STRUGGLING.

>> SULLIVAN HOPES ANOTHER SPACE LIKE GIRLS, INC.

WILL BE AVAILABLE IN MONROE COUNTY AT SOME POINT.

>> IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE HONOR FOR MYSELF AND THE TEAM TO BE ABLE TO WATCH THESE GIRLS GROW, AND BECOME MORE CONFIDENT IN THEMSELVES AND I JUST -- MY WISH FOR THEM IS THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE STRONG, SMART AND BOLD AND TAKE THE MEMORIES OF GIRLS, INC.

WITH THEM EVER.

AND WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE TO DO, THEY WILL ALL DO AMAZING THINGS.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M ISABELLA VESPERINI.

>>> THE MONROE COUNTY LOCATION WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH AUGUST 31st.

REMAINING GIRLS, INC.

LOCATIONS IN INDIANA, INCLUDING THE ONE IN SHELBYVILLE WILL REMAIN OPEN.

WE'RE JOINED NOW BY ETHAN SANDWEISS FOR MORE HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE.

>> THANKS, PERRY.

MIDWAY HOUSE IS GETTING A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS INFUSION OF CASH THANKS TO ACTOR JESSIE EISENBERG.

HE TEAMED UP WITH PAUL GIAMOTTI TO WIN ON WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE, ON FRIDAY NIGHT ON ABC.

EISENBERG'S HALF GOES TO MIDDLEWAY HOUSE.

HIS LATE MOTHER-IN-LAW TOBY STRAUT RAN THE ORGANIZATION FOR AROUND 35 YEARS.

>> I JUST KIND OF FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PLACE AND FELL IN LOVE WITH GETTING TO WORK THERE.

AND SEEING NOT ONLY THE AMAZING WORK THAT THEY DO BUT HOW EFFICIENTLY THEY DO IT.

>> EISENBERG AND HIS WIFE LIVED IN BLOOMINGTON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND HE STILL FREQUENTLY VISITS THE CITY AND VOLUNTEERS AT MIDDLEWAY.

HE ENCOURAGES BLOOMINGTONIANS, AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO GET INVOLVED.

>> I WAS MOPPING ALL DAY, BUT THERE'S SO MANY -- SO MANY WAYS TO BE HELPFUL WITH A PLACE LIKE MIDDLEWAY.

>> THE $250,000 GIFT WILL HELP MIDDLEWAY OFFSET RECENT LOSSES OF FEDERAL GRANT MONEY.

>> MONROE COUNTY OFFICIALS WILL CLOSE A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT, NICKNAMED POWER LINE CAMP ON SEPTEMBER 1st IT'S ON THE OLD THOMPSON PROPERTY OFF SOUTH ROGERS STREET IT COMES AFTER SAFETY CONCERNS WERE RAISED BY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND HOMEOWNERS IN THE OSAGE PLACE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY SAY HOMEOWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED PEOPLE COMING ON TO PORCHES TO GET WATERS, DOGS ROAMING THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND CAR BREAK-INS AND SCREAMING COMING FROM THE ENCAMPMENT AREA.

>> I BELIEVE YOU GUYS HAVE DISCUSSED WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ABOUT INCREASED OF ACTIVITY WITH THE -- AT THE THOMPSON SITE AND IT'S BECOMING -- I THINK THEY WOULD SAY IT'S BECOMING MORE DANGEROUS AND MORE OF A CAUSE OF A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN.

>> THE COUNTY CITED CODE 257 WHEN PROHIBITS CAMPING PLACING TRASH AND STORING PERSONAL PROPERTY ON COUNTY-OWNED PROPERTY WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

>>> TWO INDIANA WOMEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE JANUARY 6th, 2021 RIOT AT THE U.S.

CAPITOL ARE SUING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NO LESS THAN $1 MILLION EACH.

ANA MORGAN LLOYD AND DONNA SUE BLESSE ARE AMONG A DOZEN FORMER JANUARY 6th DEFENDANTS SEEKING FOR ALLEGED MISTREATMENT.

BOTH HAD BEEN PARDONED BY TRUMP.

>> AN INDIANA UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE INFLAMED AND DELIGHTED SEGMENTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA WITH AN X POST IMPLYING THAT SHE WANTS TO WATER BOARD ANTHONY FAUCI, THE FORMER CHIEF MEDICAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT.

SAGE STEELE'S POST HAS OVER 500 COMMENTS BUT IT RAISED THE POST WHETHER IT VIOLATED THE TRUSTEE'S CODE OF CONDUCT.

>> PUBLIC COMMENTS CAN AFFECT THE BOARD AND THE INSTITUTION, POTENTIALLY DRAGGING THE BOARD AND AFFECTING THE TRUST AMONG STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, DONORS, ALUMNI, POLICYMAKERS AND THE PUBLIC.

>> THE I.U.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES DID NOT RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT.

>>> THE UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS IS SUING INDIANA UNIVERSITY OVER THE NAME OF ITS INDIANAPOLIS CAMPUS.

U. INDY SAYS I.U.

INDY IS TOO SIMILAR TO THE LONG TIME BRAND.

IT COULD CONFUSE PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS AND ALLEGED THE CONFUSION HAS OCCURRED.

U. INDY WANTS I.U.

TO STOP USING I.U.

INDY ON MERCHANDISE, ADVERTISING SIGNS AND OTHER MATERIALS.

IT'S ALSO SEEKING DAMAGES.

I.U.

BEGAN USING THE NAME AFTER THE FORMER I.U.P.U.I.

CAMPUS SPLIT BETWEEN INDIANA AND PURDUE UNIVERSITIES IN 2024.

THEY ARE RAISING CONNECTIONS ABOUT THE RECENT RECOUNT COMMISSION THAT OVERTURNED HIS WIN.

DEERY WON THE SENATE DISTRICT 23 SEAT IN THE MAY PRIMARY BY THREE VOTES.

THIS WEEK, THE RECOUNT COMMISSION DECLARED HIS CHALLENGER, PAUL AND COPENHAVER THE WINNER BY THREE VOTES, DEERY TOOK AIM AT PAUL MOLLEN A MEMBER OF THE RECOUNT COMMISSION, TIED TO BANKS WHO PULLED $1 MILLION INTO COPENHAVER'S CAMPAIGN.

>> IT WAS FINANCED BY HI LONG-TIME FRIEND'S ORGANIZATION, ESSENTIALLY AND I THINK THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW AS MUCH AS WE CAN ABOUT THAT RELATIONSHIP.

>> DEERY IS EXPECTED TO CHALLENGE THE RECOUNT COMMISSION IN COURT.

>>> AND READING TEST SCORES INCREASED SLIGHTLY FROM LAST YEAR FOR THE MONROE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION.

ACCORDING TO IREAD TEST SCORE DATA, THE PERCENTAGE OF PASSING GRADES WAS 89.9%, UP 1% AND UP ALMOST 4% FROM 2024.

RICH LONDON BEAN BLOSSOM SAID THEY INCREASED.

AND PERRY, THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF PASSING STUDENTS ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS 87.9% LAST YEAR.

>> THANKS, ETHAN.

>> THANKS, PERRY.

>> COMING UP NEXT ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," RISING COSTS AND DIFFICULTIES WITH INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT ARE SQUEEZING RURAL HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.

>>> AND HISTORIC AFRICAN AMERICAN CLUTCH IN BLOOMINGTON RECEIVES A GRANT FOR REPAIRS ON ITS CENTURY OLD STRUCTURE.

>>> THESE STORIES AND MORE RIGHT HERE ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

>>> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

A STUDY RELEASED LAST MONTH BY THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE QUALITY AND PAYMENT REFORM REPORTS THAT AROUND 700 RURAL HOSPITALS NATIONWIDE ARE AT RISK OF CLOSING DUE TO FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS.

THAT INCLUDES TEN HOSPITALS IN INDIANA.

ON LAST WEEK'S NOON EDITION PROGRAM, ON WFIU, WE SPOKE WITH GREENE COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL C.E.O.

BRENDA REITZ AND OWEN COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTERS DIRECTOR CHRIS LUNDSFORD ABOUT THE FINANCIAL ISSUES THEY ARE FACING.

>> AND I THINK WE'RE ON THE CUSP OF A CRISIS IS WHAT I REALLY SEE IT AS NOW.

I THINK WE'RE AT THAT POINT IF LEGISLATURE AND LEADERSHIP WOULD STEP IN, WE COULD PREVENT THIS FROM BECOMING A FULL BLOWNOUT CRISIS.

THE REASON I SAY THAT, WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH PAYERS.

THE PAYER BEHAVIOR IS SO EGREGIOUS AT THIS POINT, THAT THAT'S -- WE'RE JUST NOT GETTING PAID.

WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THESE PAYERS, THE CONTRACT EXPLICITLY OUTLINES HOW THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO PAY US AND THEY SIMPLY DON'T FOLLOW THE CONTRACT.

WHEN YOU'RE A RURAL HOSPITAL -- WHEN YOU'RE AN I.U.

HEALTH, WHEN YOU ARE PARKVIEW, OR DECKONS, YOU HAVE THIS POWER IN NUMBERS THAT YOU CAN ARGUE IT.

WE'RE A RURAL HOSPITAL, I THINK IF LEADERSHIP CLOSE, THEY MAY WANT US TO CLOSE BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THAT AND THEY WON'T SUPPORT US IN OUR BATTLE.

SO WE ARE ACTUALLY -- WE'VE BEEN ISSUED A BREACH NOTICE TO ANTHEM.

THEY ADMITTED THEY DISCOVERS THE ERROR ON JANUARY 8th, EVEN THOUGH WE TOLD THEM ABOUT.

THEY SAID THAT THEY KNOW THEY -- THEY HAVE AN ADJUDICATION ERROR.

THE CLAIM COMES IN AND THEY HAVE A LITTLE ENGINE THAT WORKS AROUND THE DATA AND SPITS OUT HOW MUCH YOU SHOULD BE PAID AND THERE'S A LOT MYSTERY IN THAT.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AND SAID YOU PAID US WRONG TO THE TUNE OF $1 MILLION, AND THEY HAVE EVEN ADMITTED IT'S $1 MILLION.

THEY TOLD US, OH, THAT'S AN ERROR, WE WILL CUT YOU A CHECK TOMORROW.

THAT WAS JANUARY WE STILL DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.

SO THAT'S THE KIND OF PROBLEM.

AND THAT'S JUST -- THAT'S 304 CLAIMS THEY HAVE UNDERPAID US BY $1 MILLION ON.

SO AS THIS CONTINUES, AS WE HAVE THIS WITH SO MANY PAYMENT -- WE EVEN LOOKED AT SOME E.R.

MEDICAID VISITS, OUR E.R.

MEDICAID CLAIMS ARE PAID WRONG 75% OF THE TIME.

AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS -- SO A PATIENT COMES IN.

IF I COME IN AND I HAVE CHEST PAIN, THE PHYSICIAN WORKS ME UP IF I GET DIAGNOSED WITH CHEST PAIN, I GET PAID THE AMOUNT I'M SUPPOSED TO GET PAID BUT IF I GET DIAGNOSED WITH INDIGESTION, IT'S $97.

THEY ZERO OUT ALL THE CHARGES AND SCREEN OUT ALL THE OTHER CHARGES.

IT'S WRONG.

THEY ARE NOT INCENTIVIZED TO FIX THAT PROBLEM BECAUSE THE STATE PAYS THEM THE MONEY.

ANTHEM, THEY GET TO KEEP WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY ME.

SO ALL OF THIS MONEY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY INTO THE MEDICAID PROGRAM BUT WHO IS KEEPING THOSE DOLLARS?

IT'S THE M.C.E.s, THE MANAGED CARE ENTITIES THAT ARE MANAGING MEDICAID FOR THE STATE.

THEY ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE RECORD-BREAKING PROFITS.

THEY ARE CONTINUALLY BRAGGING ABOUT HOW THEY EXCEEDED THEIR QUARTERLY FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS AND THE HOSPITALS ARE CONTINUALLY HAVING A LOSS AND IT'S BECAUSE OUR MONEY IS BEING KEPT BY THESE LARGE CORPORATE GIANTS, FOR-PROFIT GIANTS THROUGHOUT STATE THAT ARE NOT FOLLOWING THEIR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND WE'RE NOT HAVING LEADERSHIP STAND UP AND HOLD IT ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT.

>> JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, WHAT DOES $1 MILLION MEAN TO GREENE COUNTY HOSPITAL?

>> IT'S EIGHT DAYS CASH ON HAND.

WE NEED THAT MONEY!

>> RIGHT.

>> SO FOR THAN THEM DID, ANTHEM.

TODAY I HAVE 24 DAYS CASH ON HAND.

WE TRY TO DO AN EPIC, WE HAVE A NEW MEDICAL RECORD ON EPIC.

WE HAVE TO HAVE CASH ON HAND FOR THAT AND -- AND 24 DAYS CASH ON HAND IS WHERE WE ARE NOW AND ANTHEM, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE WHAT ANTHEM IS SITTING ON.

THEY HAVE EIGHT DAYS CASH ON HAND, THEY HAVE SINCE JANUARY.

IT'S ACTUALLY MORE THAN THAT THAT.

IT'S THE PART THAT THEY READILY ADMITTED TO.

WE HAVE A TON OF PROBLEMS WITH THEM.

IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT'S JUST REALLY EGREGIOUS THAT SOMEONE IS NOT COMING OUT TO SAY ANTHEM, YOU CAN'T CONTINUE TO HARM OUR RURAL HOSPITALS.

>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE VIEWERS KNOW THAT TOO, THAT THEY MAY SEE THAT WE CHARGE LET'S SAY $1,500 TO TAKE SOMEONE -- TREAT SOMEBODY, TAKE THEM TO THE HOSPITAL.

AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC MAY BE SAYING, MY GOODNESS, I COULD HAVE GOTTEN A CAB FOR THAT.

AND PAID A LOT LESS.

WHAT I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC REALIZES IS OF THAT $1,500 -- AND I'M JUST USING A ROUND NUMBER, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL COME BACK AND SAY, NO, WE OWE YOU $129 AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL PAY YOU.

YOU WILL HAVE TO WRITE THE REST OFF.

THE PEOPLE SEE THE BILL COME THROUGH THAT SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS HAVING THIS HEART ATTACK AND THE AMBULANCE TOOK ME TO THE HOSPITAL, AND CHARGED $1,500.

THERE'S.

>> REASON THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE MONEY SITTING THERE.

WHY AM I PAYING TAXES TO HELP SUPPORT THAT AMBULANCE?

WELL, IT'S BECAUSE YOUR INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW THAT REALLY WASN'T THAT MUCH.

WE WILL PAY YOU $129 ON THAT AND YOU WILL WRITE THE REST OFF.

AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.

>> YOU CAN WATCH OUR LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE OF NOON EDITION ALONG WITH PAST EPISODES ON OUR WEBSITE AT WTIU.ORG.

>>> BLOOMINGTON'S SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH IS RECEIVING $10,000 TO REPAIR THE WOODEN STRUCTURE AND FRAME OF ITS STAINED GLASS WINDOWS, NATALIE FITZGIBBONS HAS MORE ON THE REPAIRS AT THE 100-YEAR-OLD CHURCH.

>> SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH, ALONG WITH 14 OTHER AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORICAL SITES IS RECEIVING GRANT FUNDING FOR RESTORATION.

THE GRANTS TOTAL $205,000 AND, DISTRIBUTED THROUGH FUNDS ESTABLISHED BY THE LATE ELI LILLY CAMPUS STANFORD COX.

THERE'S ROTTING WOOD AROUND THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS LOCATED ON THE NORTH END OF THE CHURCH'S SANCTUARY ROOM.

INSIDE, THE PAINT UNDERNEATH THE WINDOW IS PEELING DUE TO THE WATER DAMAGE.

SHE SAYS THE CHURCH NOTICED THE DAMAGE LAST YEAR WHILE REPLACING THE ROOF DUE TO WATER LEAKAGE.

>> AND WHILE THEY WERE PUTTING OVER THE HUFF -- I THINK I'M SAYING THIS CORRECTLY, OVER THE ROOF TO KEEP IT FROM RAINING INSIDE THE CHURCH AND THE WINDOW, WE NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE WOOD WAS ROTTING AROUND THE WINDOW ON THE OUTSIDE.

>> CHAMBERLAIN SAYS REPAIRS CONSIST OF HAVING TO TAKE THE WINDOW COVER OFF AND THEN REPAIRING THE WOODEN FRAME OF THE WINDOW, PAINTING AND GETTING THE WINDOW COVER PLACED BACK ON.

>> SO NOTHING IS FREE.

THERE'S A COST ALL THE WAY AROUND.

>> SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH HAS BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1913.

IT WAS BUILT AFRICAN AMERICAN ARCHITECT SAMUEL PLATEAU.

>> I'M PROUD OF THE FACT THAT I ATTEND A MOSTLY PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH IN BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA AND IT WAS STARTED BY AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE DRAWING WAS BUILT, DRAWN BY AN AFRICAN AMERICAN.

SO IT'S LIKE PRESERVING OUR HISTORY.

IT'S PRESERVING OUR HERITAGE.

>> THE REPAIRS WILL START ON MONDAY AND SHOULD TAKE FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS.

CHAMBERLAIN SAYS IT WILL NOT AFFECT CHURCH SERVICES.

>> WE LOVE OUR STAINED GLASS WINDOW AND THEY JUST BRING SUCH BEAUTIFUL LIGHTING INTO THE CHURCH ON A BEAUTIFUL MORNING AND WE WANT TO PRESERVE THE STAINED GLASS WINDOW AS THEY ARE.

AND THEN WE WANT TO DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY FOR THE WHOLE CHURCH IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE CHURCH FOR YEARS TO COME.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK" I'M NATALIE FITZGIBBONS.

>> INDIANA FOOTBALL IS MOVING JOE BRUNNER FROM LEFT GUARD TO RIGHT TACKLE TO BOLSTER THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

BRUNNER IS A FIFTH YEAR SENIOR WHO TRANSFERRED FROM WISCONSIN AFTER LAST SEASON.

HE SAYS ADAPTING TO THE NEW POSITION IS A GOOD CHALLENGE.

>> YOU ARE FACING A DIFFERENT KIND OF PLAYER AND DIFFERENT SPEED.

AND IT'S FUN.

IT'S LEARNING A NEW POSITION AND JUST LEARNING HOW GOOD OF A FOOTBALL PLAYER YOU ARE YOURSELF.

>> BRUNNER IS NOT NEW TO PLAYING IN MEMORIAL STADIUM.

THE HOOSIERS HOSTED THE BADGERS LAST SEASON DURING THE RUN TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> TO BE HERE NOW AGAINST THESE GUYS WITH THESE GUYS, IT'S SORT OF LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE.

BUT IT WAS SUPER FUN LAST YEAR AND IT'S EVEN MORE FUN NOW.

>> INDIANA OPENS ITS SEASON AT HOME ON SEPTEMBER 5th, AGAINST NORTH TEXAS.

THAT'S THE END OF THIS PROGRAM, BUT OUR WORK CONTINUES ONLINE AS WE COVER THE NEWS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AT WTIUNEWS.ORG.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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