To: The Nebraska State Senate and Governor Pete Ricketts
Expand Medicaid in Nebraska
Pass LB472, the Medicaid Redesign Act for Nebraska. This bill allows use of federal funds to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Using mostly federal funds, Nebraska would be able to provide health insurance to 54,000 more people.
Why is this important?
I believe that expanding medicaid is the right thing to do, especially when it's almost free. There are 54,000 people in Nebraska who do not have health coverage now and would if we accepted federal money to expand Medicaid. The Nebraska Unicameral voted against this last year. It seems that they are afraid of anything associated with "Obamacare". Nebraska should accept federal funding to expand Medicaid.