LINCOLN - Getting a 50-cent- per-hour raise should have helped Kelly Bowlin and her children get back on their feet after her divorce. Instead it cost the Ogallala, Neb., woman her health coverage. It pushed her over the income limit for Medicaid, yet it wasn't enough to pay for the insurance that her employer offered. The state dumped her off Medicaid in January, with only 10 days' notice. Bowlin filed a lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court claiming that Nebraska violated federal law by not giving transitional Medicaid coverage to her and others like her.
Posted by Editor at June 16, 2004 01:38 AM