03/11/2026
It’s so important to keep Medicaid for families with children who have special needs at birth. Medical bills can be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Please click in the information where you can leave a comment.
🚨ACTION ALERT: tell DHHS that Nebraskans say NO to eliminating Medicaid retroactive coverage. Submit your comment by March 26 at 🔗neappl.es/retro
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced in February that it plans to seek federal approval to eliminate retroactive coverage for all Medicaid enrollees, which protects low-income Nebraskans from crippling medical debt and ensures that hospitals can keep their doors open.
Medicaid retroactive coverage covers health care bills for low-income Medicaid enrollees for a certain time prior to their month of application if they would have been eligible for Medicaid at the time. This coverage is especially critical for those facing health crises.
DHHS is proposing to eliminate this critical coverage for everyone, including NICU babies, children, those with disabilities, those who are pregnant, seniors, nursing home residents, parents, and other adults.
This would not only hurt our families and neighbors – it would deliver another devastating blow to our health system in Nebraska, which is already going to see over 50,000 more uninsured patients and receive $4 billion less in federal funding due to the health care cuts passed in Congress’ “One Big Beautiful Bill,” also known as H.R.1, last summer.
