Health Care

House Budget Proposals Would Take Away Healthcare from Everyday Nebraskans

Nebraskans care about their health and the health of their family, and Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act play a big role in ensuring that over 475,000 Nebraskans can access health care. But Congress is considering slashing Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s Marketplace coverage to give tax breaks to billionaires. The current proposed cuts […]

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Call to action

Tell Congress NO to devastating cuts to health care & food programs to fund separating families & tax cuts for the wealthy!

The House of Representatives has recently advanced budget bills that will devastate healthcare, food access, and other basic-needs programs in order to fund tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires and sweeping deportations of longtime community members. The House could vote in a matter of days on these historically devastating cuts that are the most extensive

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RELEASE: House Advances Historically Devastating Budget Reconciliation Bills

***For Immediate Release***May 15, 2025 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: (402) 438-8853 ext 116sierrasp@neappleseed.org RELEASE: House Committees Advance Historically Devastating Budget Reconciliation Bills  LINCOLN, NE – Over the last two days, the US House of Representatives advanced reconciliation bills out of the Energy and Commerce and Agriculture Committees, making extreme cuts to Medicaid,

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RELEASE: Nebraska Appleseed Responds to President Trump’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress

***For Immediate Release***Date: March 5, 2025 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: (402) 438-8853 ext 116sierrasp@neappleseed.org RELEASE: Nebraska Appleseed Responds to President Trump’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress LINCOLN, NE — Last night, President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress with a speech that was devoid of policies that would strengthen

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Call to action

Tell Congress NO to slashing health care & food programs to fund separating families

Right now, Congress is considering budget legislation that would slash healthcare, food access, and other essential public services – in order to fund sweeping deportations of longtime community members and to expand tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and large corporations.  Now is the time to tell our members of Congress that Nebraskans support stability for

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Legislative Update

2025 Nebraska Appleseed Legislative Priorities

The Nebraska Legislature introduced more than 700 new bills and proposed constitutional amendments this session and we’re ready to fight for justice and opportunity at the Capitol!  Nebraska Appleseed Priority Bills  Here are some of the legislative priorities that Appleseed is supporting during the 2025 session. ⤵️ Supporting young people navigating the child welfare system

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RELEASE: Freeze of federal assistance could harm Nebraskans in every community

***For Immediate Release***January 28, 2025 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: 402-438-8853 x116sierrasp@neappleseed.org  RELEASE: Freeze of federal assistance could harm Nebraskans in every community Order would halt providing assistance in key programs supporting Nebraska communities LINCOLN, NE — On Monday night, President Trump’s Office of Management and Budget ordered a temporary freeze on all

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