Nevada Watch
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.
NO Nevada Medicaid does not cover undocumented immigrants, or people who are living in the U.S. without legal immigration status. According to KFF, a nonpartisan, nonprofit health policy organization, undocumented immigrants are not eligible to enroll in federally funded health coverage, including Medicaid. People must provide proof of citizenship or legal immigration status when they ...
Last week, Nevada state lawmakers heard worst case scenarios if Congress significantly reduces federal Medicaid spending. There’s a lot of uncertainty as state lawmakers are required to pass the biennial budget over the next 100 days. One in four Nevadans is insured by Medicaid, the health care insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans. In Nevada, ...
You know how when big bad national things happen they always seem to hit Nevada harder than other states? Medicaid getting cut could just do that.
Nevada ranks close to last in the nation when it comes to its ratio of physicians to residents. According to data published by the American Association of Medical Colleges in 2021, Nevada had only 218.5 physicians per 100,000 people, ranking it 45th for active physicians per capita. Additionally, Nevada ranked 48th for primary care physicians ...
Nevada Health Link has achieved a historic milestone this year with its record-setting Open Enrollment Period for Plan Year 2025. With over 110,000 Nevadans enrolling in affordable and comprehensive health and dental coverage through the state-based marketplace, this achievement underscores the critical importance of providing accessible and affordable health insurance options to Nevadans across the ...
Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has spread in U.S. herds since last year, Agriculture Department officials said Wednesday. The detection indicates that distinct forms of the virus known as Type A H5N1 have spilled over from wild birds into cattle at least ...
Public option health insurance plans, offered at lower costs than the plans available through the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, will be available to Nevadans seeking coverage for 2026, Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro announced Monday. The federal government approved Nevada’s waiver to provide public option health plans, with premiums at least 15% lower than plans from ...
In the four years since Amazon became the leading employer of Nevada Medicaid recipients, the retail giant has surged from having 7,892 employees and dependents on Medicaid to 18,093. That’s a 143% increase since 2020.
A recent study by the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) reveals significant improvements in the recruitment and retention of home care workers following the implementation of a $16 minimum wage and increased funding in 2024. Despite these gains, Nevada continues to grapple with a severe shortage of home care workers as its population ages ...
For the last 11 years, Nevadans have signed up for health insurance through an exchange where private companies offer various plans from which to choose. These days the marketplace is known as Health Link and the latest numbers show 97,000 Nevadans, or about 10% more people, will have healthcare coverage by January 1, 2025. “One ...