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New Academic Research Shows Medicaid Good for Nebraskans and People Generally

Economic Justice, Health Care / By admin / 07/11/2011

Economists at Harvard and MIT recently examined the question of whether the expansion of Medicaid coverage under new health reform laws will translate into medical care that people need. The outcome? The results were encouraging, providing evidence that Medicaid does indeed make a very positive impact on the lives of recipients. Medicaid, a federal-state program […]

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Advocates Advance Principles for an Effective, High Quality Health Insurance Exchange in Nebraska

Health Care / By admin / 06/10/2011

As Nebraska gears up for planning and creating a health insurance exchange as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), nine Nebraska advocacy organizations representing consumer interests put forward a set of principles designed to help guide the conversation that will take place among legislators and state officials in the coming months.

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Legislative Bill 465 and Lawful Permanent Residents

Economic Justice, Health Care, Immigrants & Communities / By James Goddard / 04/15/2011

In April 2011, the Legislature passed LB 465. This new law changes eligibility for some public benefit programs for certain lawful permanent residents. A lawful permanent resident (LPR) is an immigrant with a green card, who is legally admitted to the U.S. to live and work on a permanent basis. Below is a Q&A to

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Maintaining a Family’s Health and Stability

Economic Justice, Health Care / By admin / 03/30/2011

At Appleseed we have long worked on programs that help people work. Often called “work supports,” these are the things in our lives that make it possible for us to go to work and maintain our jobs. One clear example is child care. Having a safe place for our children to go while we work

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Health Reform Protects the “Young Invincibles”

Health Care / By admin / 03/25/2011

Today’s blog post focuses on how young adults benefit from reforms in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was signed into law one year ago this week. As of September 2010, the ACA required all health plans that provide dependent coverage for children to allow parents to keep their adult children who

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Good News for Nebraska Women

Health Care / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 03/24/2011

Lately it has seemed that we have gone down a surprising road in Nebraska where pregnant women and babies are fair game in the political arena. The heartbreaking decision by the state to terminate prenatal care for unborn children is having devastating consequences across the state. Doctors, nurses, and health clinics have repeatedly testified since

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Affordable Care Act – One Year Later

Health Care / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 03/23/2011

Co-Authored by George Lyford Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). In that year, we have already seen thousands of Nebraskans begin to benefit from some of the reform measures that went into place last September. FamiliesUSA recently released some new data on how the ACA is already

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Helping Seniors Manage Their Health

Health Care / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 03/22/2011

There are encouraging new statistics out today showing how provisions of the Affordable Care Act are helping Nebraska seniors access the medications they need. AARP released this statement late today: AARP: New Report Shows Progress of Health Care Law for Nebraskans in Medicare’s “Doughnut Hole” LINCOLN–New data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human

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Health Reform Helping Small Businesses

Health Care / By admin / 03/21/2011

One year ago on Wednesday, President Obama signed into law a historic package of health reforms that has already begun to improve the state of health care in Nebraska and all over the United States. In honor of this momentous achievement, we will be blogging on some of the most notable aspects of the Patient

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The Founding Fathers, the Constitution, and Health Care Reform

Health Care / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 03/18/2011

It’s not every day we get to talk about the Founding Fathers in our work at the Legislature. But, yesterday we had a rare opportunity to do just that as the Judiciary Committee held a hearing on LB 515, a bill that would attempt to nullify the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the ACA)

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