handed over to three private healthcare companies and will no longer be run by state government. but lawmakers in the senate still want to stop that from happening. today senators debated on a bill introduced by democratic senator pam jochum that would stop the privatization of medicaid in iowa. 11:18:15 so here s it folks: we have a chance today to say, stop. let s start over. let s come together as iowans - we did that on the iowa health and wellness plan - we can do it perfect; it s not. but it doesn t need this. :01-:24 the senate debated and passed the bill 29 to 19. it had support from just three senate republicans. they agreed the privatization efforts were moving too fast. governor branstad introduced the with the january 1-st. but the federal government stepped in, noting the program wasn t ready, and delayed that start date to march 1-st. governor branstad says privatizing medicaid will save the state as much as $51 million dollars in the first six months. the
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