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 ...

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 — 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, ...

Gov. Jim Pillen (R-NE) signed an executive order on Thursday, effectively preventing Planned Parenthood from being reimbursed for medical services through the state’s Medicaid system, making it the ...

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM MEDICAID, LOCAL HOSPITALS ARE WEIGHING IN. THE NEBRASKA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION SAYS IT MAY HAVE DISASTROUS EFFECTS ON HEALTH CARE IN NEBRASKA. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S MARY REGLI ...

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 ...