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

The waiver covers residents who lived in Dawson County since Feb. 1 after the Tyson Foods plant closure eliminated about 3,000 jobs.

The Tyson beef plant in Lexington, shown in December, is set to close around Jan. 20, eliminating 3,212 jobs. (Photo by Juan Salinas II/Nebraska Examiner)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 Servi…

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WOWT broke the news on Friday, July 17, 2026.
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