Nebraska Spent $8.2 Million to Rush Medicaid Work Rules
Nebraska paid $8.2 million to contractors to launch Medicaid work rules first. Call waits doubled, 1,100 were denied, and one cancer patient lost appointments.
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Healthcare Policy
Topic
Healthcare Policy
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