Randy Feenstra’s Constituent Calls Him Out for Voting to Gut Medicaid in His Hometown Paper
DES MOINES – In a new letter to the editor in Randy Feenstra’s hometown paper, The N’West Iowa REVIEW, one of his constituents called him out for voting to pass the largest cut to Medicaid in history and threatening access to rural health care.
Feenstra also voted to pass Kim Reynolds’ disastrous Medicaid privatization scheme in the state legislature, which has driven up costs, ripped away health care, hurt Iowans with disabilities, and closed rural hospitals.
Read more from a concerned voter in The N’West Iowa REVIEW: Feenstra, Reynolds failed Iowa’s most vulnerable
- As the CEO of a mental health services provider in Sioux City, I see every day how much vulnerable Iowans depend on Medicaid for stability, treatment and dignity. That’s why I’m deeply concerned about how Republicans have mismanaged Medicaid in Iowa.
- When Terry Branstad privatized Medicaid with Kim Reynolds by his side, Iowans were promised lower costs, better outcomes and fiscal stability.
- A decade later, the reality has been the opposite.
- Privatized Medicaid has increased bureaucracy, delayed payments, denied care and forced providers to choose between patients and profits.
- Rural hospitals and small nonprofit providers have been pushed to the brink while large, out-of-state managed care companies profit.
- Last summer, Congressman Randy Feenstra voted for even deeper Medicaid cuts. His vote threatened healthcare access for more than 110,000 Iowans and increased the risk of rural hospital closures.
- In November, voters should demand leaders who will end this failed privatized Medicaid experiment and protect Iowa’s most vulnerable citizens.
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