Iowa finds cheaper way to expand insurance coverage than Wisconsin did
Oh we need to be soooooooooo rid of this jerik!! 
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.@GovWalker confuses the experts. Why does he let Wisconsin fall so far behind our neighbors in the Midwest? http://bit.ly/19ttYm5
Iowa finds cheaper way to expand insurance coverage than Wisconsin did
By Guy Boulton of the Journal Sentinel
Dec. 13, 2013
Iowa has come up with a plan for expanding insurance coverage for poor people that is similar to the one adopted by Gov. Scott Walker but at a fraction of the cost to state taxpayers.
On Thursday, the federal government approved a proposal by Iowa that expands its Medicaid program while giving commercial health plans a larger role in expanding coverage through the Affordable Care Act.
The broad structure of Iowa's plan — such as relying more on private health plans and less on the traditional Medicaid program — is similar to the approach developed by Walker and approved by the Legislature to increase the number of people with health insurance.
But in Iowa, the federal government is paying the full cost for the first three years of expanding its Medicaid program to cover all adults. The federal share will eventually decline to 90% of the cost.
In contrast, Wisconsin is paying 40%, and the federal government paying the other 60%.
The difference could work out to several hundred million dollars in additional spending for Wisconsin taxpayers over the next decade........
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just doesn't care about us wisconsinites.
