Twenty seven thousand disabled Iowans right now that are on Medicaid wait list.
OverstatedJosh Turek, at Iowa U.S. Senate General Election Debate
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Why we checked itA specific figure about the number of disabled Iowans waiting for Medicaid services; if inaccurate, it would materially mislead about the scale of Iowa's Medicaid access problem.
What we foundThe figure of 27,000 disabled Iowans on a Medicaid waiver wait list is higher than what contemporaneous credible sources report; actual figures range from roughly 22,000 to 26,665 depending on the source and date.