Nevada lawmakers debate public health care option proposal

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Hospitals and insurance companies clashed with affordable health care advocates in the Nevada Legislature’s first hearing on a proposal to create state-run health ... Read More

Public health care option up for debate in Nevada legislature - KRNV

Lobbyists representing doctors and hospitals clashed with affordable health care advocates on Tuesday in the Nevada Legislature’s first hearing on a proposal to create state-run health insurance ... Read More

Lombardo-proposed split of state health, human services department launches

The new authority will be responsible for managing state health care programs, including Medicaid and the state’s health insurance exchange, and the public employees’ benefits program. Read More

Nevada’s public health care option proposal, explained by Nicole Cannizzaro - Vox

Health care providers that accept the state’s Medicaid patients or the state employees’ health insurance plan would be required to accept patients on the public option plan. Read More

These states tried an Obamacare public option. It hasn’t worked as planned. - POLITICO

A trio of Democratic Western states hailed passage of their public health insurance options as important steps toward finishing Obamacare’s work of providing universal health coverage. But an ... Read More

Lombardo launches new Nevada Health Authority

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KOLO) - Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo is announcing the launch of the new Nevada Health Authority. The NVHA was created by the passage of Senate Bill 494. Lombardo says the new ... Read More

Nevada state senator files suit to scuttle public health care option - Reno Gazette Journal

Nevada State Sen. Robin Titus, R-Wellington, along with the National Taxpayers Union, filed a lawsuit over the constitutionality of legislation passed to bring a state-managed public health care ... Read More

Medicare Update: Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Expand Health Care Program

Medicare "Part E" would be self-sustaining, funded by premiums, and available through all state and federal health exchanges. Read More

Lawsuit Challenging Nevada’s Public Option Dismissed

During the course of the legislative debate over health reform in 2009 and 2010, the “public option”—generally envisioned as a government-administered insurance plan competing against ... Read More

Nevada lawmakers debate public health care option proposal - KTNV 13 Action News

CARSON CITY (AP) — Nevada lawmakers are considering creating a state-run health insurance plan that could compete with private insurance companies on the state's health insurance exchange. A ... Read More