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Nebraska rushed Medicaid work rules. Then a cancer patient was told he'd lost coverage
Shortly after being diagnosed with kidney cancer, Eli McCreary of Omaha, Neb., was told by a hospital that he'd lost his Medicaid coverage.
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Eli McCreary, a resident of Omaha, Nebraska, was diagnosed with kidney cancer and then received a call from CHI Health, a local hospital, informing him that his Medicaid coverage had been terminated. The hospital warned that his cancer‑related appointments would be canceled unless he could pay the costs himself. This loss of coverage occurred amid Nebraska’s rapid implementation of new Medicaid work‑rule requirements. McCreary’s situation highlights the immediate impact of the policy change on a newly diagnosed cancer patient.
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