About 20% of Nevadans who actively selected a health plan through the state’s marketplace, Nevada Health Link, picked a new public option, Nevada Health Authority Director Stacie Weeks told lawmakers Jan. 6. In 2025, Nevada secured federal approval for its Battle Born State Plans, which have premium reduction targets. Nevada Health Link is offering these plans for the first time. ...

A lack of Democratic cooperation and strict Senate rules threaten the legislative viability of the White House framework.

Nevada was awarded nearly $180 million in federal money this week to help modernize the state’s rural health care system and bolster access to it, according to the Trump administration and state officials. “Today’s announcement highlights the Trump administration’s commitment to strengthening the rural health workforce, modernizing facilities and technology, and deploying innovative care models ...

Agencies have one year to use all the money. Twenty projects have “spending concerns,” but the state has not publicly expressed worries about the deadline.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is continuing to pay Medicare Advantage (MA) plans more — $76 billion more in 2026 — than if those same patients were enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare. That higher cost comes despite a policy CMS redesigned in 2024 to limit MA plans’ ability to exaggerate patients’ health ...

House negotiators have put two major pharmacy benefit manager provisions in big, “must pass” spending package that’s now speeding toward a vote on the House floor. One provision in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 package would require PBMs to provide employers and other health plan sponsor fiduciaries with detailed prescription drug benefits tracking reports, to help ...