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040219 404 As negotiations with an Iowa Medicaid insurer breakdown, the state’s senior U.S. Senator says he’s supporting the governor. Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says the privatization of Iowa’s Medicaid system is a state decision. Late Friday, UnitedHealthcare announced it’s leaving Iowa Medicaid. It’s the second company to bail since 2016 when the state stopped running the insurance program for poor and disabled residents. Governor Kim Reynolds says negotiations broke down because the
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SPM NewsBy Bret Hayworth, Alejandra Perez