When the State of Iowa privatized the management of Medicaid services, quality improvements and cost reductions were promised. So far, that has been hard to track.
State Senator Randy Feenstra of Hull says legislators have questions too……

Feenstra, Chairman of the Senate Ways & Means Committee, says they have been told there are cost reductions, but with few specifics……

Feenstra says he is hearing about the problems with the use of the system…..

Feenstra says small rural hospitals and clinics are very concerned about timely payments for Medicaid services.