Residential treatment for addiction is expected to become more available to Nevada Medicaid beneficiaries this year, even as congressional Republicans consider cuts to the insurance program for low-income people.

Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo sent a letter to the State Legislature outlining his priorities for Medicaid. In the letter, Lombardo told Majority Leader Cannizzaro, Speaker Yeager, and other State Legislators that he is actively engaged in conversations with the Trump administration to relay Nevada’s concerns over the possibility of cuts to Medicaid.

Nevada's Republican governor who endorsed Donald Trump for president found himself pleading with his own party to leave Medicaid alone, after House Republicans advanced their budget late Tuesday, which ostensibly calls for cuts to the government health care program for low-income Americans.

In the late addition of Behind the Bar, more information on proposed Medicaid cuts, legislators want age verification for adult websites and a lawmaker withdraws a controversial school board bill. Law

Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) joined local families, healthcare providers, and nonprofit organizations at the Collaboration Center to raise concerns about the

Nevada state lawmakers heard worst case scenarios if Congress significantly reduces federal Medicaid spending. There’s a lot of uncertainty.