State Medicaid

Nursing group in Iowa seeks more funding for program

Published in Managed Care Weekly Digest, April 12th, 2004

Inadequate Medicaid funding in the 2005 budget could leave thousands of poor, disabled, and elderly in Iowa without care, according to nurses and healthcare advocates.

State lawmakers' proposed 2005 budget includes $362.8 million for Medicare, up $2.5 million from fiscal year 2004, according to the Legislative Services Agency.

At the same time, healthcare costs have risen at an annual rate of about 14%, said Sarah Swisher, a registered nurse from Iowa City. "This Legislature is playing games with us," she said. "They are pretending that healthcare costs don't increase; that pharmaceutical costs don't increase; and that high unemployment doesn't...

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Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2004-04-12)

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