Fox5 News is reporting that Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) has secured $1 million for Nevada from the Department of Health and Human Services to set up the Health Insurance Exchange program that will take affect in 2014 which allows small business’s and individuals to choose insurance policies at costs that are normally only available to big corporations with a large employee base.
The exchange program is part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that was signed into law this past March.
To learn more about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and how it will affect all of Nevada, go to Nevada Health Facts.
Fox5 News report:
LAS VEGAS -- The Department of Health and Human Services is making $1 million available to Nevada for it to begin working toward establishing health insurance exchanges, Sen. Harry Reid announced Friday.
The exchanges were part of the health insurance reform bill that passed in March and are slated to take effect in 2014.
Through the exchanges, individuals and small businesses should have a choice of health plans that meet certain benefits and cost standards.
"By starting the development of exchanges now, we’re ensuring that the health care needs of Nevadans will be met when the exchanges begin operating in 2014,” Reid said in a statement. “I encourage the state to take advantage of the federal resources (Health and Human Services) is making available to Nevada.”
Nevada has the option of creating its own exchange or partnering with other states to create a regional exchange
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You guys should stop complaining cuz one the health care we have now isnt as good as it was supposed to be. also the law has just been signed give it a try u guys are too hard on democrats they went to college and we voted for most of these people.so if u want to say u have the right to choose tell that to ur congress men or state official. as for obama people are just tryin to make it look like america made a mistake he has done things to help us and we had a full 8 years of a terrible president and i will be so as happy as ever when a obama fixes bush's mistakes. You can find full medical coverage at the lowest price from www.bit.ly/chE6zp . obama has to put up with the world judging his every move and trying to fix the mess we are in we are lucky anyone wants to be our president. STOP COMPLAINING AND GIVE HIM A BREAK. i wanna see one of yall do what he has done. some people are just so ignorant.
Cool, I hope they make getting health insurance in Nevada an easy process like they do at NevadaHealth.com, hopefully this will help everyone. 1 million dollars is alot of money they should do very well.
I wish they would set up something in Louisiana for Health insurance.
With Health insurance rates going up they way they are it could be a 60 percent rate increase total by 2014... Oh boy..
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