As thousands lose insurance, Lombardo administration should implement public option
The liquidation of the health insurance company
From my experience as a doctor who has practiced for over 30 years, I know that when people don't have health coverage, they are less likely to see a doctor, less likely to get early intervention for chronic medical conditions, less likely to fill their medications. These all translate to a spiral of worsening health outcomes.
Nevada Health Link and its partner organizations should be commended for stepping in to provide assistance to those who will lose their Friday Health Plan coverage. At the same time, this loss of coverage for thousands of Nevadans illustrates the need for robust implementation of the Nevada Public Option.
Doctors across
Now they have an opportunity to support this law and help the people of our state deal with the real world consequences because of the lack of health insurance.
What's available is often too expensive. Nevadans who live outside
This lack of access to health care compounds a preexisting problem in
To me, as a doctor, these statistics are real people I see in my exam room nearly every day. They are families who can't spend money on medicine because they need to scrape every penny together to pay the rent and avoid losing their home. They are Nevadans who make the difficult choice between putting food on the table and getting the pain in their lower abdomen checked out.
I have seen patients put off therapy after an injury, which becomes crippling enough that they can't work. Without a job and a paycheck, they struggle to pay the rent and the utilities. This is the cycle of accumulating disasters that too many Nevadans face today.
For years now,
We don't have to accept a
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