DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) -- Iowa could be short at least $32 million in medical services funding for low-income Iowans on Medicaid in 2011.
A federal spending plan that moved through Congress Wednesday would send $83.1 million in extra Medicaid funds to help Iowa pay for children's services and make payments to hospitals and nursing homes.
The Iowa Legislature was planning on receiving $116 million in extra Medicaid money, leaving the state budget short at least $32.9 million should the bill pass Congress.
Iowa Department of Human Services spokesman Roger Munns says the agency hasn't yet made plans yet to deal with the expected Medicaid shortfall.
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