Post by Logan on Feb 11, 2016 4:01:59 GMT -6
At legislative hearing, nearly 40 plead for Medicaid expansion; Arkansas lawmaker warns against it
LINCOLN — Paulette Jones could get back to work if she could get her chronic insomnia and other health problems straightened out.
But she can’t afford tests and treatment, and she can’t get health coverage. She makes too much to qualify for Medicaid, even as a single parent, and too little to get a premium subsidy through the health insurance exchange.
“After years of hard work, I have no way to afford health insurance,” she told state lawmakers Wednesday.
Jones was among nearly 40 people who gave passionate, sometimes emotional testimony at a hearing about the latest proposal to extend publicly funded health coverage to more low-income Nebraskans.
Read more: www.livewellnebraska.com/consumer/at-legislative-hearing-nearly-plead-for-medicaid-expansion-arkansas-lawmaker/article_5965b4bd-b96b-5ab4-908e-b8bdd9a5e886.html
LINCOLN — Paulette Jones could get back to work if she could get her chronic insomnia and other health problems straightened out.
But she can’t afford tests and treatment, and she can’t get health coverage. She makes too much to qualify for Medicaid, even as a single parent, and too little to get a premium subsidy through the health insurance exchange.
“After years of hard work, I have no way to afford health insurance,” she told state lawmakers Wednesday.
Jones was among nearly 40 people who gave passionate, sometimes emotional testimony at a hearing about the latest proposal to extend publicly funded health coverage to more low-income Nebraskans.
Read more: www.livewellnebraska.com/consumer/at-legislative-hearing-nearly-plead-for-medicaid-expansion-arkansas-lawmaker/article_5965b4bd-b96b-5ab4-908e-b8bdd9a5e886.html