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Rural health leaders are concerned about proposed federal cuts to Medicaid

By Nebraska Public Media  
   July 02, 2025

Nebraska's health leaders are concerned about proposed cuts to Medicaid laid out in Congress' budget reconciliation bill, also called the 'Big Beautiful Bill.' The more than 1,000-page bill covers many things, one being cuts to Medicaid. Rural health leaders said that it will cost 110,000 Nebraskans their health insurance, as well as 5,000 Nebraskans their jobs, citing a report done by the University of Nebraska Medical Center's College of Public Health. Within the report, the largest concern was for rural heathcare.

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