{"id":1056,"date":"2015-06-15T20:32:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T20:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nebraska.precisionnewmedia.com\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2016-08-15T20:36:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T20:36:04","slug":"ricketts-sacrificing-nebraskans-needs-to-play-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nebraskademocrats.org\/su\/press-releases\/ricketts-sacrificing-nebraskans-needs-to-play-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricketts Sacrificing Nebraskans&#8217; Needs to Play Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LINCOLN\u2013\u201cPete Ricketts refusal to present a plan to protect the 56,910 Nebraskans at risk of losing health insurance\u00a0because of\u00a0an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling, proves that he has put his own political interests ahead of the needs of Nebraska families,\u201d said Vince Powers, Chair of the Nebraska Democratic party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Ricketts stated Sunday that it would be \u201cpremature\u201d to discuss how the state might respond if health insurance tax credits for working families are struck down by the court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThat is a dereliction of his duty \u201d,\u201cIt is the Governor who is \u201cpremature\u201d in supporting the end to tax credits, without any plan in place for families to keep their insurance.\u201d said Powers. \u00a0\u201cIt is the job of the Governor to lead with solutions, not jeopardize families by making them more vulnerable with no alternative plan.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">said Powers.\u00a0 \u201cThe only thing premature was the state of Nebraska petitioning the US Supreme Court to end Nebraskans\u2019 tax credits when the Governor had no plan to enable them to keep their insurance if the petition succeeds.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">80,000 Nebraskans have already lost their insurance as a result of the political games that led to the failure of Coopportunity Health.\u00a0 The insurer failed after Congressional Republican slashed funding that had been promised to back startup health insurance cooperatives.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LINCOLN\u2013\u201cPete Ricketts refusal to present a plan to protect the 56,910 Nebraskans at risk of losing health insurance\u00a0because of\u00a0an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling, proves that he has put his own political interests ahead of the needs of Nebraska families,\u201d said Vince Powers, Chair of the Nebraska Democratic party. 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