Tag Archives: medicaid privatization

Medicaid MCOs Get Another Huge Raise

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Dave Bradley

Coming on the tail of an 8.4% raise to the MCOs last year, the administration of Governor Kim Reynolds awarded the MCOs a raise of 8.6% this year. In real dollars those numbers that is a raise of $344 million … Continue reading →

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What Iowa Will Stand Up For On Election Day?

Posted on October 27, 2018 by Dave Bradley

One of the most telling remarks following the 2016 election was what the election said about US citizens. The myth of America is that we are a tolerant people who care about the lesser among us. This would line up … Continue reading →

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Iowa’s Medicaid MCOs Get Another Big Raise

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Dave Bradley

  The Medicaid mess that Terry Branstad created and then walked away from just got much, much worse for the end user in Iowa Friday. That end user is of course the 680,000 Iowans who rely on Medicaid for their … Continue reading →

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Reynolds Drops Critic From Medicaid Board

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Dave Bradley

video: 3:50 – This seemed like a good place for a good word about Fred Hubbell Just in case you missed this story, it is definitely worth taking some tome to read through. Looks like Governor Reynolds is so invested … Continue reading →

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Observations On A Nice Summer Day

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Dave Bradley

World-wide Weather: After a scorching June, July is exiting in graceful fashion. But let’s be honest, the trend around the world is not good. More heat creating more unstable and more extreme weather. This week’s spotlight where unheard of weather … Continue reading →

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Hubbell Promises To Restore Medicaid. Thank You!

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Dave Bradley

  As many have read we have been navigating the health care system with an elderly relative for the past couple of months. What we have found has been very problematic. You can find my most recent post on this … Continue reading →

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Dismantling Healthcare In The US

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Dave Bradley

As I wrote last week we have been deeply involved in the health care system as an elderly relative seems to be entering the latter stages of life.  What a goddamned mess. It is so hard to believe that Americans … Continue reading →

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Iowa’s Medicaid Is So Screwed Up

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Iowa’s Medicaid system has been going downhill since the day former Iowa Emperor Branstad declared that private companies would be allowed to start pecking slowly at the body in an effort to kill it. He said this would save it. … Continue reading →

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And Now The Bad News: Iowa Legislature Returns

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Winter winds blow chillin’ cold. What blows even colder is the hearts of Iowa’s Republican Party. Next week they start part two of emptying out the state coffers – filled by taxes from you and I –  and handing it … Continue reading →

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Branstad  Leaves Reynolds Holding The Bag 

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Dave Bradley

In what had to be one of the great escapes in recent political history in this state, Terry Branstad royally screwed things up and then left for the relative quiet of China. Branstad has made a very successful career of … Continue reading →

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