We know thousands of Nevadans are seeing steep premium increases as they move into Obamacare-compliant plans for the first time in 2015. The question is how businesses and individuals are adjusting to the higher costs.
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To answer a caller’s question, the state exchange and Medicaid are two different things, and neither affects the other. People who make too much to qualify for Medicaid — that’s more than $16,105 a year for a single and $32,913 for a family of four — have to buy private coverage through the exchange.
The state insurance exchange on Tuesday reported gains in paid enrollments. As of Saturday, 10,547 Nevadans had signed up for and paid premiums on new coverage through the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange. That was up from 6,219 paid enrollments as of Dec. 23.
A bureaucratic mechanism to tap more federal money helped reduce the operating loss at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada to the lowest level in seven years.
