if we remove the managed care right now, we'll actually remove about one billion dollars in federal funding that's coming from that that goes directly to managed care organizations
PlausibleZach Lahn, at Iowa Governor General Election Debate (KCRG / The Gazette)
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Why we checked itSpecific dollar figure ($1 billion in federal funding) tied to a policy consequence — removing managed care organizations — that is central to the debate over Iowa's Medicaid system
What we foundFederal payments that flow through Iowa's Medicaid managed care organizations total several billion dollars a year, so "about one billion dollars" does not overstate the money involved. How much federal funding Iowa would actually lose if it ended managed care, rather than paying for the same care another way, could not be confirmed.
CorrectedCorrection: Originally rated Overstated. Rating changed to Plausible following post-debate review: the evidence puts the federal money flowing through Iowa's managed care organizations at several billion dollars a year, more than the claim's figure, so it is not overstated; how much would actually be lost without managed care could not be confirmed. The summary was rewritten to match.