AdvertisementPrivate Medicaid Plans Receive Billions In Tax Dollars, With Little OversightOctober 18, 2018Chad TerhunefacebookEmailWhen one of Jose Nuñez's retinas was damaged by diabetes in 2016, the Los Angeles truck driver expected his Medicaid managed care policy to coordinate treatment. But Centene, the private insurer that manages his policy, gave him the runaround, he says, and he lost sight in that eye. (Heidi de Marco/KHN)