In 2025, Congress enacted the most damaging Medicaid cuts in history and let enhanced premium tax credits (EPTCs) that made health coverage affordable for 22 million Americans expire. The consequences are already visible: states that have approved their FY2027 budgets are cutting provider rates, restricting enrollment, and spending tens of millions just to implement H.R. 1’s new administrative mandates — and […]
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Nebraska’s Rushed Implementation of Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Puts Residents’ Health at Risk
On Friday, May 1, Nebraska will become the first state to subject Medicaid enrollees to work reporting requirements — eight months before states are required to do so under the Republicans’ 2025 big budget bill (H.R. 1). Work reporting requirements are a “solution in search of a problem”, as we’ve previously explained, since more than 90% of adults on Medicaid are already working […]
Families USA Submits Comments on Nebraska’s Proposed Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver
Families USA submitted comments to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services strongly urging the state to withdraw its proposed Sustainable Coverage Demonstration and retain retroactive Medicaid coverage to the maximum extent allowable under federal law. Retroactive eligibility is a critical aspect of Medicaid coverage that protects people from financial hardship while they apply […]
Written Testimony of Sophia Tripoli To Nebraska Committee On Retroactive Medicaid Coverage
On February 25, 2026, Sophia Tripoli, senior director of health policy at Families USA, submitted written testimony to the Nebraska Committee on Health and Human Services, in support of Legislative Bill (LB) 777 – An Act to Provide for eligibility and reporting requirements under the medical assistance program. Governor Jim Pillen’s proposed FY 2026-2027 budget […]