The budget resolution narrowly passed by the House in late February does not specifically outline cuts to Medicaid, a health insurance program that covers about one in five people across the country.

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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen with Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz on Dec 17, 2025, in Lincoln. Nebraska stepped Wednesday toward becoming the first state in ...

LINCOLN — Nebraska will be the first state to implement new work reporting requirements to receive Medicaid, beating a deadline for states in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act by eight months. By May 1, ...

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...

Nebraska Medicaid officials are considering a proposal to cut roughly $28 million from the state’s Medicaid program by limiting ome benefits and charging a $50 co-pay for non-emergency visits to the ...

LINCOLN — State officials expect that one in three low-income Nebraskans added to Medicaid under a state expansion plan would not qualify for full coverage. Those would be people who fail one or more ...

LINCOLN — The state’s plan for carrying out voter-approved Medicaid expansion could mean taking away some health care services from about 25,000 low-income Nebraskans. That’s because Department of ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is looking to fill a position on the Medicaid Advisory Committee (MAC). The position would be part of the DHHS ...