Dawson County gets temporary waiver from Medicaid work rules following Tyson plant closure

By: Cindy Gonzalez

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: July 17, 2026

Words: 461

Last Updated: 1 day, 14 hours ago

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LINCOLN — Federal officials have approved a temporary exemption from new Medicaid work requirements to Dawson County — home of the now-shuttered Tyson Foods plant that ended about 3,000 jobs.

Gov. Jim Pillen last month announced that he directed the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to seek the temporary hardship exemption for the county that includes Lexington, home to about 11,000 people where the meatpacking plant had operated 35 years and was …

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