Meanwhile, the failures of Governor Reynolds and her administration have only grown more apparent and further weakened her position with Iowa voters.
Reynolds’ Medicaid privatization disaster continues to earn headlines for putting special interests ahead of the lives and livelihoods of Iowans, with last week’s bombshell story that one of the private companies with managing the state’s Medicaid program has yet to pay as much as $14.6 million for medical care being the latest example.
Meanwhile, Governor Reynolds’ wasteful tax giveaways continue to hurt Iowa’s education funding as earlier this year she gave Iowa’s public schools roughly a one percent increase in funding, wholly inadequate to the 3 percent per year needed to keep up with costs, making it the second-lowest level of funding increase in 15 years. And Governor Reynolds continues to draw critiques from her administration’s lack of transparency and access to public.
“Fred Hubbell and Rita Hart have run an incredible campaign, connecting with voters across the state and articulating a people first vision for our future that empowers every Iowan to succeed. The change they will bring could not come soon enough. Right now, Iowans are living the consequences of Governor Reynolds’ failed record every single day, and they know she has not earned four more years in office, especially when there’s an experienced leader who knows how to deliver results and get Iowa moving in the right direction,” said Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price.