Gov. Joe Lombardo is urging Congress and the Trump administration to refrain from slashing Medicaid funding, warning that cuts to essential programs alone “will not solve Washington’s spending problem or the rising cost of

A budget blueprint approved by Congressional Republicans this week would slash $880 billion over a decade from federal health and energy programs.

Congress does nobody any favors — least of all, those who truly need Medicaid — by ignoring the fate of fiscally unsustainable entitlement programs. But whatever direction congressional Republicans take — and that remains uncertain — actual budget “cuts” to Medicaid are exceedingly unlikely.

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.

State lawmakers grilled public officials and other entities Wednesday evening about how a mishmash of proposed cuts to Medicaid could affect the Silver State. Read more with The Nevada Independent.

Health Plan of Nevada is denying or reducing services to a degree that is dangerous, putting patients at risk of harming themselves or others through their continued substance abuse, according to