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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Governor Kim Reynolds and outgoing DHS director Chuck Palmer are at the center of a lawsuit filed on behalf of Iowans living with disabilities.
The lawsuit was filed by Disability Rights Iowa on behalf of six plaintiffs living with a variety of disabilities. The lawsuit alleges that the state violated its legal obligation to stop privatized Medicaid providers from slashing funding for recipients.
It continues to allege “plans claimed they had lost too much money on their Medicaid contracts and began cutting these members home and community based services"
“There services have been slashed, in half, and they're not able to stay in the community anymore and they're very fearful about being put back in nursing homes or other institutions” said Jane Hudson, Executive Director of Disability Rights Iowa.
Prior to the privatization of the Medicaid system, Hudson says many of those with severe disabilities were granted waivers for increased funding.
Gov. Reynolds, Outgoing DHS Director Palmer Being Sued Over Privatized Medicaid Fallout
I hope they get the bejeezes sued out of them.
The lawsuit was filed by Disability Rights Iowa on behalf of six plaintiffs living with a variety of disabilities. The lawsuit alleges that the state violated its legal obligation to stop privatized Medicaid providers from slashing funding for recipients.
It continues to allege “plans claimed they had lost too much money on their Medicaid contracts and began cutting these members home and community based services"
“There services have been slashed, in half, and they're not able to stay in the community anymore and they're very fearful about being put back in nursing homes or other institutions” said Jane Hudson, Executive Director of Disability Rights Iowa.
Prior to the privatization of the Medicaid system, Hudson says many of those with severe disabilities were granted waivers for increased funding.
Gov. Reynolds, Outgoing DHS Director Palmer Being Sued Over Privatized Medicaid Fallout
I hope they get the bejeezes sued out of them.
