October 25, 2018
People will no longer face a tax penalty if they choose not to purchase health insurance starting next year, but those who do will find slightly lower rates on Nevada’s Obamacare exchange. Read More
October 25, 2018
Nevada’s health insurance marketplace is warning millennials that it’s costly to be uninsured as it prepares for its sixth open enrollment period. Read More
October 11, 2018
Nevadans buying health insurance on and outside the state marketplace will pay nearly the same prices they paid last year, the state Division of Insurance announced Tuesday. Read More
October 11, 2018
The Healthy Nevada Project aims to analyze the DNA of thousands of Northern Nevadans for the kinds of ailments to which we may individually be genetically predisposed. Read More
September 27, 2018
Nevada’s program, called Nevada Health Link, is scheduled to go into operation by 2020. The Affordable Care Act gave states a choice between joining the federal health insurance exchange or administering their own versions, called state-based marketplaces (SBMs). Nevada, along with five other states, had been operating a blended form that placed an independently managed state-based marketplace on the federal tech platform. Read More
September 13, 2018
Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) is hitting back on criticisms his opponent, Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), has made on his health-care record, trying to blunt a major line of attack against him ahead of November's midterms. Read More
September 13, 2018
Nevada Medicaid will reverse its decision to require prior authorization for mental health services after providers and patients raised concerns that the policy change could delay treatment. Read More
September 13, 2018
Consumers who buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act markets may be pleasantly surprised this fall as average premiums are forecast to rise much less than in recent years. Read More
August 30, 2018
A Republican Senate bill that seeks to bolster protections for patients with pre-existing conditions falls short of current law, said Nevada’s health insurance exchange leader. Read More
August 16, 2018
Nevada is looking to save more than $18 million by transitioning the state’s health insurance exchange from healthcare.gov to its own platform under a newly approved contract. Read More