HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - Here are the four stories you need to know for October 9, 2025.

Shutdown impacts

Circumstances are getting more dire for people on medicare. Patients have had waivers to cover telehealth costs, but those waivers have to be renewed by congress each year. Because of the government shutdown they haven’t been approved for the next 12 months.

Doctor Leslie Eiland with Nebraska Medicine helps manage diabetes for many of her patients. She sees most of them through telehealth at least some of the time. Nebraska Medicine is choosing to continue telehealth visits for medicare patients through the tenth. After that, medicare patients have to either cancel, reschedule an in-person visit, or choose to keep the telehealth visit knowing they may have to pay.

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