State Information: Nebraska
This state-specific page on Nebraska provides new materials published by Families USA, key health contacts, state government links, news and views from the state, and other resources that might be helpful to Nebraska advocates. Click on the links below to view the information you are interested in.
Key Health Contacts
Center for People in Need
3901 N. 27th St., Unit 1
Lincoln, NE 68521
Center for Rural Affairs
145 Main St, PO Box 136
Lyons, NE 68038
Phone: 402-687-2100
Fax: 402-687-2200
Email: info@cfra.org
Website: www.cfra.org
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest
941 O Street, Suite 105
Lincoln, NE 68508
Phone: 402-438-8853
Fax: 402-438-0263
Email: info@neappleseed.org
Website: www.neappleseed.org
Voices for Children
7521 Main Street, Suite 103
Omaha, NE 68127
Phone: 402-597-3100
Fax: 402-597-2705
Email: voices@voicesforchildren.com
Website: www.voicesforchildren.com
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State Government Links
State of Nebraska Website
State Department of Insurance Website
Kid's Connection is the state's SCHIP program. Its website offers applications, frequently asked questions, and an assessment of the program.
Visit the Medicaid page of the state's website for more information on Medicaid-related issues.
Nebraska Health Insurance Information, Counseling and Assistance Program
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Other Resources
The Bottom Line: How the Affordable Care Act Helps America's Families
shows the net financial effects of the Affordable Care Act on family
budgets. We found that lower- and middle-income families, both uninsured
and insured, will be financial winners. | State Reports (October 2011) [Families USA]
Medicaid's Impact in the States: Helping People with Serious Health Care Needs
examines how vital Medicaid is for residents with cancer, diabetes,
chronic lung disease, or heart disease or stroke. For these people,
Medicaid can be the difference between life and death, and program cuts
would put them at risk. Released in partnership with three other groups.
(September 2011) [Families USA]
Jobs at Risk: Federal Medicaid Cuts Would Harm State Economies
provides state-level data that show the devastating impact the House
Republican budget proposal would have. The proposal's substantial
Medicaid cuts would harm program enrollees and their families and lead
to a loss of business activity and jobs in all states. | Calculator (June 2011) [Families USA]
Cutting Medicaid in the States: Harming Seniors and People with Disabilities Who Need Long-Term Care provides state-specific numbers on how many people would be affected by cuts to Medicaid long-term care spending, as well as how Medicaid helps families, state workers, and businesses. (May 2011) [Families USA]
House Republicans Propose to Slash Funding for Medicaid, Medicare, and Other Health Coverage Programs takes a closer look at how the recent budget proposal would harm seniors, children, and state economies, including state-specific numbers. (April 2011) [Families USA]
States Are Benefitting from Provisions of the Affordable Care Act lists the number of people in each state who are already benefiting from each of five provisions. The provisions include measures that are helping small businesses provide coverage to their workers, helping seniors get free preventive care, and protecting children with pre-existing conditions. | Table (March 2011) [Families USA]
Protecting Seniors and People with Disabilities: Why It Is Important to Preserve the Maintenance of Effort Requirement in the Affordable Care Act discusses how stripping the maintenance of effort requirement from the ACA will have negative consequences for the many people who depend on Medicaid by allowing states to change eligibility requirements. (February 2011) [Families USA]
Worry Less Spend Less: Out-of-Pocket Spending Caps Protect America's Families examines how the Affordable Care Act will protect insured people from high medical costs through new caps on out-of-pocket spending. It provides state-level estimates of how many residents will have spending that exceeds these caps and by how much, and it looks at how many of those residents work for small businesses. (February 2011) [Families USA]
Lower Taxes, Lower Premiums: The New Health Insurance Tax Credit examines how this tax credit will help both insured and uninsured Americans. It provides data on the number of people eligible, the total dollars available, and on how it will help working families in particular. (September 2010) [Families USA]
A Helping Hand for Small Businesses: Health Insurance Tax Credits analyzes the health reform provision that provides tax credits to small employers to help them buy health coverage for their workers. This report, which was commissioned along with Small Business Majority, provides national and state-level data on the number of small businesses eligible for the credit in 2010, as well as the number eligible for the maximum tax credit. (July 2010) [Families USA]
Health Reform: New Opportunities for States to Invest in Home- and Community-Based Services is a series of state-specific fact sheets that explore the new options for states to expand home- and community-based services through the health reform law and the reasons why expanding this type of services is a good idea. (Summer 2010) [Families USA]
Health Reform: Help for Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions discusses how, under health reform, no one will be denied coverage, charged a higher premium, or sold a policy that excludes coverage of essential benefits because of pre-existing conditions. The report presents the number of Americans with diagnosed pre-existing conditions who, absent reform, would be at risk of being denied coverage in the individual insurance market. It breaks down this number by age, income, and race. (May 2010) [Families USA]
How Health Reform Helps the People of Nebraska looks at the many benefits that health reform will bring to the state, including cracking down on insurance company abuses, ending runaway premiums, and providing financial security. (May 2010) [Families USA]
Health Coverage in Nebraska: How Will Health Reform Help? discusses the major gaps in Nebraska's health coverage system and how health reform will address these gaps and help Nebraskans, including the insured, the uninsured, people in Medicare, and small businesses. (March 2010) [Families USA]
Lives on the Line: The Deadly Consequences of Delaying Health Reform examines what would happen if Congress fails to pass health reform. Specifically, it provides national and state-level estimates of the number of deaths that would occur due to lack of health coverage if reform doesn't pass. It also quantifies how many Americans died due to lack of health coverage since the last effort to pass reform in 1994. (March 2010) [Families USA]
Guide to Finding Health Coverage: Nebraska Millions of Americans have no health insurance, and finding health insurance can be difficult. If you are looking for coverage, this guide can help point the way. Whether you have recently lost your job, are an early retiree, or have a serious medical condition, this guide includes numerous resources that may help you find the coverage you need. (Updated 2009) [Families USA]
Healthcare Reform Will Help Nebraska's Small Businesses examines how the state's small businesses struggle with high health insurance premiums and how health reform will address this problem, making health insurance more affordable for businesses and individuals. (September 2009) [Small Business Majority]
Six Reasons Why Nebraskans Need Federal Health Care Reform describes why (1) too many Nebraskans lack health insurance, (2) too many Nebraskans have high health costs, (3) Nebraska earnings can't keep up with skyrocketing premiums, (4) Nebraskans die due to lack of coverage, (5) Nebraskans lack safeguards for buying insurance, and (6) Nebraska's economy will benefit from federal Medicaid investments. (May 2009) [Families USA]
The Uninsured: A Closer Look–Nebraskans without Health Insurance examines how many state residents were uninsured during 2007-2008. The report also takes a closer look at the number of uninsured, who they are, and how long they were uninsured. It mirrors the data in our national report, Americans at Risk: One in Three Uninsured. (March 2009) [Families USA]
Premiums versus Paychecks: A Growing Burden for Nebraska's Workers. The impact of changes in employer-based health insurance premiums and earnings in Nebraska. (October 2008) [Families USA]
Dying for Coverage in Nebraska For the more than 47 million Americans who are uninsured, lack of health insurance can have dire consequences: medical debt, missed care, and even premature death. This first-ever state-specific report examines the number of deaths due to lack of health insurance. (April 2008) [Families USA]
When an Apple A Day Isn't Enough: Students in Nebraska Speak Out about Health Care contains the winning essays from the "When an Apple a Day Isn't Enough" national essay contest as well as basic information about why health insurance matters for children. [Campaign for Children's Health Care]
Guide to Finding Health Insurance Coverage: Millions of Americans have no health insurance, and finding health insurance can be difficult. If you are looking for coverage, this guide can help point the way. Whether you have recently lost your job, are an early retiree, or have a serious medical condition, this guide includes numerous resources that may help you find the coverage you need. (Updated March 2007) [Families USA]
No Shelter from the Storm: Nebraska's Uninsured Children. This fact sheet takes a closer look at uninsured children in Nebraska—who they are and what kinds of services they miss out on as a result of being uninsured. Written by Families USA for the Campaign for Children's Health Care. (September 2006) [Families USA]
NACHRI, in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), has released 2005 updates of their state-specific Medicaid fact sheets. These fact sheets detail the importance of the Medicaid program to the health care of children in every state, as well as the critical role children's hospitals and pediatricians play in serving all children. Click here for a map that will take you to information specific to your state. (July 2005) [National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI)]
Paying a Premium: The Added Cost of Care for the Uninsured in Nebraska: A fact sheet with state-level data showing the dollar impact on private health insurance premiums of care provided to the uninsured. (June 2005) [Families USA]
Medicaid Cuts Are Bad Medicine:This fact sheet describes how Medicaid helps your state's economy, supports the state's health care infrastructure, provides essential health care to the most vulnerable residents, and reduces the number of uninsured. (January 2005) [Families USA]
The Uninsured: A Closer Look: A fact sheet with state-level data from One in Three: Non-Elderly Americans without Health Insurance, 2002-2003. (June 2004) [Families USA]
Good Medicine for State Economies, 2004 Update: Medicaid provides essential health care services for an estimated 51 million people of all ages and economic classes. Medicaid also plays a unique role in stimulating state economies. This report provides national and state-level data on the effects of Medicaid spending on state business activity, employment, and employee earnings. These updated numbers can be used to predict the economic impact of potential state Medicaid spending increases or cuts in fiscal year 2005.| Medicaid Calculator with updated figures (May 2004) [Families USA]
Who's Uninsured in Nebraska and Why? is a four-page fact sheet providing information on the uninsured population in the state -- their numbers and characteristics and some of the reasons they are uninsured. (November 2003) [Families USA]
Families USA has prepared state fact sheets that spell out the different amounts of help the House and Senate Medicare prescription drug bills would provide to low-income beneficiaries. Click here for this state's fact sheet. (July 2003) [Families USA]
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