A plan proposed by Governor Terry Branstad to hand over management of state Medicaid services to three private companies is scheduled to go into effect in one week.

State Representative Clel Baudler says despite the short timetable, the plan is anything but a done deal and could cost the state over $100 million if it’s not approved by the federal government. “If the federal government doesn’t approve this, it’s an $111 million hit to the budget. That would be huge. We can’t anticipate what they are going to do. Everybody is guessing, but until it is done we are kind of in limbo.”

We’ll wrap up our conversation with Baudler today on Let’s Talk Guthrie County. It airs during the 9 a.m., noon and 5 p.m. hours on K107.9 and www.raccoonvalleyradio.com.