LB 709 reflects a sincere commitment on the part
of the Executive and Legislative branches of state government to address this task,
despite its immense size and complexity.
Introduced by Sen. Philip
Erdman, LB 709 provides for reform efforts to moderate the growth of Medicaid spending, to
ensure the sustainability of the Medicaid program for needy Nebraskans, to establish
priorities and ensure flexibility in the allocation of Medicaid benefits, to examine the
effects of changing economics and demographics and to offer alternatives to Medicaid
eligibility.
The framework of Medicaid reform is guided by two words - deliberate and deliberative.
Medicaid reform in Nebraska needs to be deliberate, meaning that it needs to be data
driven. We need to understand what the Medicaid program actually is and not just
what we think it is.
In addition to that, Medicaid reform program needs to be deliberative.
Nebraskan's should all be participating in the discussion - thinking, exploring and
suggesting ways that we can improve Medicaid. We start by understanding it with the
data and then we discuss it and we develop Nebraska-specific solutions to the problems
that Medicaid is presenting today.
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