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Title: (Iowa) Democrats make pay-for-play insinuation over Reynolds donations
Post by: Free Vulcan on September 18, 2018, 04:01:19 am
(https://www.thegazette.com/storyimage/GA/20180917/ARTICLE/180919690/AR/0/AR-180919690.jpg&MaxH=500&MaxW=900)

DES MOINES — Iowa Democrats are suggesting campaign donations to Gov. Kim Reynolds from one of the state’s Medicaid management companies are further proof Reynolds has made a habit of rewarding donors.

Republicans responded by noting Medicaid funding comes from a complex equation that includes more than just the governor, and by accusing Democrats of playing politics with Iowans’ health care.

Iowa Democrats on Monday highlighted a pair of donations to Reynolds’ campaign made by the political advocacy leg of Amerigroup, one of the private companies that manages Iowa’s $5 billion public health insurance program for more than 680,000 low-income and disabled Iowans.

The first donation to Reynolds from Amerigroup was for $1,000 on Dec. 13, 2017. Democrats noted five months later the state entered into contract negotiations with the Medicaid management companies.

https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/iowa-democrats-campaign-donations-gov-kim-reynolds-medicaid-management-company-20180917 (https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/iowa-democrats-campaign-donations-gov-kim-reynolds-medicaid-management-company-20180917)

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No surprise, the bastards are losing.