Tag Archive for "medicaid" | Iowa Senate Democrats

Partial review of privatized Medicaid disaster doesn’t answer concerns

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Fiscal responsibility, Health care, Issues, News releases, Official, Transparency & accountability

A partial review of the Medicaid privatization disaster is a big pile of excuses with no good answers for Iowa taxpayers who are being ripped off. Departing State Auditor Mary Mosiman is one of a long line of Republican politicians who still cannot answer simple questions about the cost and quality of privatized Medicaid.

Is rationing health care the Iowa GOP’s secret plan to “fix” Medicaid mess?

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Consumer protections, Fiscal responsibility, Health care, Issues, News releases, Official, Quality of life

A Northwest Iowa legislator may have mistakenly released the Republican Party of Iowa’s secret plan to “fix” the Medicaid privatization mess. During a forum, State Senator Jim Carlin of Sioux City proposed rationing health care for Medicaid recipients, saying lawmakers should “look into limiting the number of doctor visits” by people on Medicaid.

What happens when you privatize Medicaid?

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Health care, Issues, Official

In a video released Sunday, AJ+ looks at “what happens when a state puts a crucial social safety net in the hands of for-profit companies.” It’s a devastating report on Iowa’s Medicaid privatization that features Senator Pam Jochum of Dubuque, as well as Iowans who are suffering under the #MedicaidMess.

Petersen: Medicaid increase is GOP’s ‘gut punch’ to Iowa taxpayers

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Consumer protections, Fiscal responsibility, Health care, Issues, Official, Quality of life

Statement from Senate Democratic Leader Janet Petersen on GOP’s ‘gut punch’ to Iowa taxpayers “Iowa families, health care providers and taxpayers received a gut punch today because of the mismanagement of privatized Medicaid by Governor Reynolds, Senate Republicans and House Republicans. “Taxpayers are being hurt because they must now pay ...

More Medicaid mess: Iowans lose access to dental care

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Health care, Issues, News releases, Official

The Medicaid privatization disaster is getting even worse with the decision by UI’s College of Dentistry to stop taking new adult Medicaid patients. Oral health is the number one unmet need in Iowa adults.

Still no answers on Medicaid mess

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Fiscal responsibility, Health care, Issues, News releases, Official, Transparency & accountability

The failure by the Reynolds Administration to come clean with Iowa taxpayers is even more reason for the State Auditor to conduct a comprehensive audit of Medicaid privatization that explains why it isn’t working.

Governor: Reveal the numbers behind Medicaid savings claims

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Consumer protections, Fiscal responsibility, Health care, Issues, News releases, Official, Transparency & accountability

“We all know for-profit Medicaid has been a disaster for Iowa families and health care providers,” said Jochum. “I believe it has also been a disaster for the state budget. Governor Reynolds, I look forward to a public review of the hundreds of millions of dollars Iowa has spent on privatized Medicaid and the reforms that will start fixing Iowa’s Medicaid mess.”

Jochum to Auditor Mosiman: Open “special investigation” into claims of Iowa Medicaid savings

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Health care, Issues, News releases, Official, Transparency & accountability

Senator Pam Jochum of Dubuque has formally asked Mary Mosiman, the Auditor of the State of Iowa, to “audit the Iowa Medicaid program and the private managed care companies to document and determine the amount of ‘savings’ generated by privatizing the Iowa Medicaid program.”

Statement on deferred confirmation vote for DHS Director

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Health care, Issues, News releases, Official, Quality of life, Safer communities

We made a reasonable request today to delay the confirmation vote on Jerry Foxhoven until we can fully assess his leadership at DHS. First, there’s no need to rush this important decision. The deadline to deal with confirmations isn’t until April 15. Second, there are too many unresolved problems with the privatization of Medicaid services by the Reynolds Administration.

Democrats denounce secret meeting on Medicaid problems

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Health care, Issues, News releases, Official

Four key Democratic state legislators today denounced plans by officials with Governor Kim Reynolds’s Administration to have a closed-door meeting to discuss the failed Medicaid privatization experiment.

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