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Medicaid expansion would hurt state priorities

The Nebraska Legislature recently held a public hearing on LB 577, a bill to bring President Obama’s massive unfunded Medicaid expansion to Nebraska. To no one’s surprise, liberal advocacy groups have voiced support for the optional expansion, but ultimately it would be at the expense of our state priorities, including education. What you don’t hear from them is a discussion about the enormous and unsustainable costs of this expansion and who’s going to pay for it.

Today, I’d like to share information with you about the burden that would be placed on you, the taxpayers of Nebraska, if Nebraska...

 

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