Nevada Health Insurance

How healthy is living
in Nevada?

Nevada is ranked as the 42th healthiest state to live in, according to the 2011 America's Health Rankings® by the United Health Foundation, up five spots from its 47th place position in 2010.

Nevada's best and worst category rankings:

• Obesity – 4th
• Infectious Disease – 4th
• Public Health Funding – 49th
• Immunization Coverage – 49th
• Early Prenatal Care – 49th
• High School Graduation – 50th
• Violent Crime – 50th

more details

• See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on Nevada.
• Trust for America's Health ia another source for key Nevada health quality findings. In addition, 2010's federal health reform, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), included the creation of a prevention fund to provide more than $16 billion over the next 10 years to invest in effective, proven prevention efforts, like childhood obesity prevention and tobacco cessation, and the site has a report on how it impacts Nevada here.

get local health results

State snapshot too large? Get county-by-county health rankings for Nevada, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Population Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin.

Does Nevada have a health insurance high risk pool?

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting in 2010, Nevada started offering health care insurance coverage to residents through the federally established temporary high-risk pool program. To find out more about Nevada's participation, click here.

Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state to state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the pool to keep it in the black. In the best cases, they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Read more about risk pools here.

Non-profit sources of health insurance information for Nevada

• The Foundation for Health Coverage Education's mission is to provide simplified public and private health insurance eligibility information in order to help more people access coverage. Here is its guide to guide on how to find health insurance in Nevada.
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is tracking the progress of health insurance reform in each state. Its page for Nevada can be found here.
• The National Committee for Quality Assurance is a private, non-profit organization that, among other things, provides health care plan report cards for consumers. Search for Nevada health insurance plan report cards.

Nevada state government health insurance resources

Nevada Division of Insurance on health care reform —  The state agency tasked with health insurance issues provides information on Nevada and health care reform.

Division of Health Care Financing and Policy– Medicaid —  Works in partnership with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to assist in providing quality medical care for eligible individuals and families with low incomes and limited resources.

Nevada Checkup —  Provides low-cost, comprehensive health care coverage to low income, uninsured children age 18 and under who are not covered by private insurance or Medicaid.

Nevada Department of Health and Human Services —  Consumer health assistance from the state of Nevada.

How did Nevada officials vote on health reform?

H.R.2: Repealing the Health Care Bill

#14

Date of Vote: 1/19/2011 Status: House passed 245-189, 1 not voting

HOUSE|SENATE

1/19/2011--Passed House amended. Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act. Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions. [more]

Yes (2)

• Joe Heck

• Dean Heller

Our
Pick

No (1)

• Shelley Berkley