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#1 - Medicaid Expansion is the only way for people below 100% of poverty to gain coverage

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Nebraska District Office and AARP will sponsor a two-hour FREE, fast-paced event designed to offer quick, down-to-earth advice to start and grow a small business.

A new AARP survey of 600 Nebraskans age 18 and over shows that 53 percent support expansion of Medicaid to provide health coverage for at least 54,000 uninsured adult residents. The report also finds that 62 percent of Nebraskans who responded say they would support Medicaid expansion if the cost could be covered by eliminating unnecessary government programs.

As President Obama heads to Capitol Hill to push his deficit reduction plan, AARP urged the Nebraska congressional delegation to oppose the so-called ‘chained CPI,’ which would make significant cuts to Social Security and veterans benefits in Nebraska according to a new analysis based on data from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

We're fighting to ensure that all Nebraskans have access to affordable health care. Expanding Medicaid in Nebraska is our top legislative priority at the State Capitol in 2013. It would cover at least 54,000 uninsured adults younger than 65 and allow them to seek the health services they need.

Starting this fall, as many as 200,000 uninsured Nebraskans could seek insurance coverage through a new health benefit exchange created by the Affordable Care Act. AARP Nebraska today urged state lawmakers to prepare for challenges helping people enroll in health plans while opposing a bill that would make it harder for people to get the assistance they need.

As budget negotiations continue in Washington, AARP today released an analysis showing the negative impact one proposal – the so called “chained CPI” -- would have on Nebraska’s veterans’ compensation and pensions.

AARP says regressive measure would drive up health care and prescription drug costs

AARP Nebraska today announced support for legislation that would exempt about 60,000 retirees from state taxes on Social Security benefits.

AARP strongly backs state legislation expanding Medicaid to cover at least 54,000 uninsured Nebraskans.