Cedar Rapids Gazette: Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday defended her administration’s efforts to contain costs while maintaining health services under privately managed Medicaid, dismissing as just political a Democratic senator’s call for a state auditor’s analysis of the savings. She noted that the state has “the right leadership in place” and now has a third managed care organization lined up to strengthen the system. Reynolds’ comments came one day after state Sen. Pam Jochum asked the state auditor to look into the state Medicaid program and the managed-care organizations running it. The request came after cost-savings estimates released by a state department differed from previous estimates — savings claims that Jochum called “suspect.”