Jim Pillen Rushed to Make Nebraska the First State With Medicaid Work Requirements. In Four Months, Over 1,000 People Lost or Were Denied Coverage — Mostly Over Paperwork.
Nebraska's first data on the Medicaid work rule Pillen volunteered to launch early: at least 1,090 people lost coverage or were turned away, and 92% of those cut at renewal were dropped for missing paperwork. A 64-year-old kidney cancer patient lost his coverage mid-treatment.