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.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4243x2829+0+0/resize/4243x2829!/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F98%2F3a%2F2d7f76824ca99d9a70fbe27143e5%2Fnebraska-medicaid-04.jpg' alt='Shortly after being diagnosed with kidney cancer, Eli McCreary of Omaha, Neb., was told by a hospital that he'd lost his Medicaid coverage.'/><p>Health clinics and organizations advocating for poor and working-class Nebraskans say the rollout of Medicaid work requirements has been rife with problems.</p><p>(Image credit: Chris Machian)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-6032732' />