The state has requested $11.3 million in federal funding to continue the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which covers more than 27,500 Nevada kids, while Congress decides if it will renew funding for the decades-old program.
Search results for:
As lawmakers debate how to make health insurance affordable and widely available, undocumented immigrants continue to inhabit a netherworld where health care is often available only in emergency rooms and nonprofit clinics.
A Republican bill to repeal Obamacare and redistribute federal funds in block grants would take money from 34 states — including Nevada — over the first seven years, according to an analysis released Wednesday.
Improvements in radiation and chemotherapy are helping patients diagnosed with brain tumors survive longer. A Las Vegas paramedic is living proof.
Trio of bills now being drafted would streamline licensing, change the state’s definition of “mental illness” and make it easier to share information on individuals deemed mentally ill with law enforcement.
Incoming first lady Melania Trump wore a sky-blue cashmere jacket and mock turtleneck dress by Ralph Lauren, the brand that designed so many Hillary Clinton pantsuits, on Inauguration Day.
A dearth of hospitals and medical professionals, an increasingly strained emergency care network and sharply escalating costs are threatening the quality of life in many of the state’s small towns and communities.
