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progressoid

(50,959 posts)
4. Not so good.
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 03:02 AM
Mar 2017

This is Branstad's plan to privatize Medicaid management in Iowa. He said it would save the state millions. Now it looks like it will actually cost hundreds of millions more.

Negotiations are to begin in April for rates to be paid to the Medicaid management companies for the budget year that begins July 1. The companies are expected to seek sharp increases in their payments from Iowa's Medicaid program. If they succeed, their new contracts could further pinch the state budget
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