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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLoebsack: Iowa Medicaid Experiment Has Failed (GOP privatization in Iowa)
http://www.blogforiowa.com/2017/03/30/loebsack-iowa-medicaid-experiment-has-failed/Washington, D.C. Congressman Dave Loebsack released the following statement today after a report from the Des Moines Register showed that the Federal Government could be on the hook to pay $225 million to the private, for-profit insurance companies who run Iowas privatized Medicaid program.
The privatization of Medicaid in Iowa has been nothing but one pitfall after another and it is clear that this hasty and ill-advised experiment has failed. On top of a bailout from the state, insurance companies are now expecting an additional $225 million in taxpayer funds from the federal government. The fiscal incompetence surrounding this switch appears to be never ending. Report after report illustrates that the state was never fully prepared for the switch and reinforces my call for CMS to rescind Iowas waiver to privatize its Medicaid program.
Loebsack has met with families who have been personally affected by this transition and has received feedback from providers who are having issues with being reimbursed in a timely manner. Since last year, Loebsack has been leading the fight with leaders from the Iowa Senate to ensure all 600,000 Iowans who rely on Medicaid are not negatively affected by the transition.
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This guy has been working his ass off for Iowans.
Since privatization, Medicaid in Iowa has been plagued with lack of payments to providers and cutting of services to recipients. The 3 administrative companies also claim they are losing money
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Loebsack: Iowa Medicaid Experiment Has Failed (GOP privatization in Iowa) (Original Post)
rurallib
Mar 2017
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putitinD
(1,551 posts)1. privatization of anything alway ends in failure!
UTUSN
(70,740 posts)2. R#5 & K n/t
ismnotwasm
(42,008 posts)3. Very important to pay attention to
Especially In today's political atmosphere