Children’s Well-Being Plummets Across 29 States, Report Finds

Key Takeaways

  • A new report shows U.S. children’s well-being declined from 2019 to 2024
  • The national score dropped from 553 to 547 across economic, education, health and family measures
  • Southern states posted some of the biggest gains, while many Northeastern and Midwestern states saw steep declines

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Surgeon with US state flag on background series - Nebraska

Nebraska rolls out Medicaid work requirements, putting thousands at risk of losing coverage

Nebraska on Friday became the first state to implement Medicaid work requirements, eight months ahead of the federal deadline mandated in President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”

The move is expected to strip coverage from around 25,000 residents who qualified for the program under the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, according to the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan research group. An estimated 72,000 Nebraskans will be subject to the policy, which applies to “able-bodied” adults ages 19 to 64.

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State of Primary Care Fact Sheet 3.2026 Preview

The State of Primary Care – How Well Your State is Delivering Primary Care

Comprehensive primary care promises to transform the U.S. health care system by unlocking powerful health improvements and cost savings for patients and taxpayers. By investing in primary care, lawmakers can improve the health and wellbeing of all Americans.

The package of fact sheets below examines the state of primary care in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The State of Primary Care – Nebraska

Comprehensive primary care promises to transform the U.S. health care system by unlocking powerful health improvements and cost savings for patients and taxpayers. By investing in primary care, lawmakers can improve the health and wellbeing of all Americans.

The fact sheet below examines the state of primary care in Nebraska.

LB 863 – Adopt the Travel Insurance Act and the Primary Care Investment Act

This legislation establishes a Primary Care Investment Council, charged with measuring primary care spending in Nebraska recommend an appropriate level of primary care investment across public and private payers, and recommend steps to attain that target. The Council is futher instructed to issue a report to the Governor and Legislative Council on an annual basis, starting in 2023 and continuing through 2028.

LB 239

This bill is to adopt the Nebraska All-Payer Patient-Centered Medical Home Act.

Legislative Bill 396

The legislation authorized the Nebraska Medical Home Pilot Program Act with the purpose of improving health care access and health outcomes for patients and containing costs in the Medicaid program. The act defined medical home for the state of Nebraska and authorized a two-year medical home pilot program.