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What Nebraska Loses Without LB 577, Initiative to Expand Medicaid Coverage

Posted by Jon Bailey May 6 2013 - 10:40am

Nebraska and Nebraskans stand to suffer significant losses if the Nebraska Legislature fails to adopt LB 577, the bill that would implement the new Medicaid initiative for low-income working adults.

Money. The state will receive over $274 million in federal aid to implement the Medicaid initiative. The Legislature is turning its back on over $751,000 per day.

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New Medicaid Initiative Eligible Households by Rural Legislative District

Posted by Jon Bailey Mar 13 2013 - 7:16pm

The Nebraska Legislature is currently considering LB 577, a proposal to implement the new Medicaid initiative in the Affordable Care Act. LB 577 would provide Medicaid eligibility to those with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. Included in the new Medicaid initiative would be working adults with incomes at or below the income level. Also included would be childless adults at or below the income level.

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Survey Gauges Interest in Local Food

By Jon Bailey on March 13, 2013 - 7:02pm

Nebraskans spend $4.4 billion annually on food with 90 percent of that money leaving the state. A new Center for Rural Affairs report finds an opportunity to turn that around.

In a joint project with the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society, we asked consumers, producers, institutions and grocery stores about their experiences with locally produced food and their views on regional food systems. Project funding came from USDA's Federal State Marketing Improvement Program. 

Regional Food Systems in Nebraska: Views of Consumers, Producers and Institutions

Posted by Jon Bailey Mar 13 2013 - 6:39pm

Nebraskans spend $4.4 billion annually on food, and 90 percent of that money leaves the state. We have an opprtunity - and a need- to create comprehensive regional food systems in Nebraska that include farming and community gardening, processing, storage, distribution and transportation, and food access. The opportunity comes from positive attitude toward local foods and the growing national emphasis placed on food security, health and the environment.

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Medicaid Expansion in Nebraska

Posted by Jon Bailey Feb 11 2013 - 4:23pm

This report examines the rural implications of the new Medicaid initiative as provided for in the Affordable Care Act. We examine the fiscal and economic impacts - additional revenue provided to the state, jobs created and costs to consumers of uncompensated care without expansion - of the state’s  participation in the expansion of Medicaid.

The report concludes that significant implications for Nebraska’s small towns and rural residents underlie the decision of whether the state will participate in expanding Medicaid coverage.

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Medicaid Expansion in Nebraska

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