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Nebraska rushed Medicaid work rules. Then a cancer patient was told he'd lost coverage

Health clinics and organizations advocating for poor and working-class Nebraskans say the rollout of Medicaid work requirements has been rife with problems.

Nebraska rushed Medicaid work rules. Then a cancer patient was told he'd lost coverage

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