The Silver State Health Exchange has no carriers lined up for 2018 that are willing to offer insurance to Nevadans in 14 rural counties, state officials said Thursday.
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Nevada’s Republican Sen. Dean Heller distanced himself from President Donald Trump’s budget proposal on Wednesday, saying he is working with a bipartisan group to preserve Medicaid spending in states that expanded the program.
Nevada officials were bracing Wednesday for more details to determine how the new Republican health care replacement bill would impact the state and its residents.
President Donald Trump told the nation’s governors Monday that “nobody knew health care could be so complicated” as Republicans in Congress and the administration continued to grapple with repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act.
But some are concerned that focus on state’s opioid abuse problem, funding for the UNLV School of Medicine and an increase in Medicaid reimbursement to physicians could create new gaps in strained system.
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.