More than 1,100 Nebraskans applied for health coverage under the state's new Medicaid expansion program. Officials with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services announced recently that 1,135 people applied for coverage from Aug. 1 through Aug. 3. Call centers handled 1,550 phone calls about the new program over the same three-day period. Benefits under the new program, also known as Heritage Health Adult, will begin Oct. 1.
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