DES MOINES -AFSCME Iowa Council 61 President Danny Homan issued the following statement regarding the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) decision today on the Branstad-Reynolds Medicaid Outsourcing Plan:
"All across Iowa, we have been hearing about the massive confusion that has been caused by Branstad-Reynolds Medicaid Outsourcing Plan. We are pleased that CMS has delayed the implementation of a transition for sixty days; the Branstad-Reynolds Administration is clearly not ready to implement any sort of changes at this time. The Branstad-Reynolds Administration needs to listen to Medicaid consumers. The health care of those counting on Medicaid must come first as CMS continues to evaluate the Branstad-Reynolds plan."
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