04/21/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/21/2025 12:46
New Fact Sheet from Families USA Highlights Importance of Medicaid for NE-02's Families
OMAHA, NE - A new fact sheet from Families USA details the impacts of deep cuts to the Medicaid program in the Republican budget that Rep. Bacon voted for, which would have devastating consequences for the health and economic security of the Omaha metro area. Medicaid provides health care coverage for more than 124,000 residents, according to the fact sheet.
"Americans have been showing up in townhalls, calling their representatives in Congress and demanding that Republicans in Washington stop their plan to massively cut the health care that Americans want and need," said Anthony Wright, executive director of Families USA. "Deep cuts to Medicaid would be devastating for Nebraska residents, resulting in significant coverage losses, forcing rural hospitals, long-term care facilities or community clinics to close or scale back services, and throwing state budgets into crisis. We should all be asking every member of Congress who voted for this budget why they are willing to harm working families in their own district just to pay for a tax break for billionaires."
"Our communities are healthier and stronger when everyone has access to health care, and Medicaid plays a critical role in ensuring people access care in Nebraska. Congress should not even be considering taking away the health care of everyday Nebraskans to give tax breaks to billionaires," said Sarah Maresh, health care access program director at Nebraska Appleseed. "Any cuts or changes to Medicaid, including Medicaid expansion, a program that Nebraskans voted for in 2018, will not only hurt our families and communities - it will also devastate our health system, economy, and workforce."
Medicaid is a lifeline for the Omaha metro area:
Families in the Omaha metro area already struggle to pay for health care:
Families USA and Nebraska Appleseed are organizing in Nebraska and across the nation to protect Medicaid from severe cuts, caps or other regulations that will result in millions of Americans losing access to the health care they need. Earlier this year, Families USA led hundreds of organizations to call on Congress and the Trump administration to reject cuts to Medicaid and work to make health care more affordable, not less.
For additional resources, see Families USA's fact sheets on how work reporting requirements would undermine access to Medicaid, how cuts harm families and communities, and the overall importance of Medicaid to people, the economy and the health care system.
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