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Featured news in this section focuses on Nevada, the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange (Nevada Health Link), the Nevada Division of Insurance (in the Department of Business and Industry), and actions by the state legislature affecting insurance brokers and clients. 

*OPINION* – Nevada Public Option Is Not Just Bad Policy, It’s Unconstitutional

Across the state, Nevadans are rightfully worried about whether they can afford the cost of a major health event. But is a taxpayer-backed health insurance system, which will raise revenues and expenditures for the state in a constitutionally dubious way, really the best solution to the problem

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Nevada Gets Federal Approval To Test Out Medicaid Funds For Housing

Nevada Medicaid recently received federal approval to use funds to cover housing and supportive services through Medicaid’s managed care providers. The pilot program will help an estimated 20,300 Nevadans who had identified themselves as homeless when applying for Medicaid. As the state implements the program, it is also seeking approval from the federal government to cover ...

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Nevada State Senator Files Suit To Scuttle Public Health Care Insurance Option

Nevada State Sen. Robin Titus, R-Wellington, along with the National Taxpayers Union, filed a lawsuit over the constitutionality of legislation passed to bring a state-managed public health care insurance option to Nevada. The suit was filed in Nevada’s First Judicial District Court in January challenging Senate Bill 420, passed during the 2021 legislative session. “My ...

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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Nevada Earns NCQA Health Equity Accreditation Plus

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Nevada (Anthem) recently earned the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Health Equity Accreditation Plus, a recognition of Anthem’s leadership in developing solutions to enhance access to equitable, high-quality healthcare in Nevada.

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Nevada Health Exchange Closes Year With Surplus

The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange closed the 2023 fiscal year with over $11.5 million in cash reserves for the fiscal year 2024, and projects an annual cost-saving of 20% in the fiscal year 2024.

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‘We Still Need More Doctors’: Medical University In Summerlin Expanding Campus

The university on Tuesday unveiled a $500 million to $550 million three-phase plan to expand its campus in Summerlin from a few office buildings to a full-fledged medical school campus.

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Nevada Health Link Warns Against Scams, Misleading Websites Amid Open Enrollment

Open enrollment for health insurance starts and ends during the holiday season, and during these bustling times are scammers trying to take advantage of people shopping for insurance.

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Lawsuit Takes Aim At Nevada’s Public Option Health Insurance Program

A Nevada state senator and the National Taxpayers Union have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a 2021 state law that established a public option health care plan scheduled to launch in 2026.

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Nevada’s Health Care Industry Faring Well; Health Care Consumers, Not So Much

Nearly two-thirds of Nevadans experienced health care affordability burdens in 2022, forgoing health insurance, struggling to pay medical bills, and delaying medical visits for dental care, addiction treatment, and mental health care.

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Industry-Backed Study Warns Public Option Could Exacerbate Nevada’s Health Care Shortage

A new actuarial study commissioned by an anti-public option organization says the Silver State’s public health insurance option law could exacerbate Nevada’s existing health care provider shortage and reduce access to care.

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