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Nevada health insurance exchange moves forward

August 17, 2012August 16, 2012 Nordstrom

State approves contract with Xerox State Healthcare Plans to build a health insurance exchange in Nevada are moving ahead. The state’s Board of Examiners has approved a $72 million contract that will enable the construction of an exchange system this week. The contract tasks Xerox State Healthcare with establishing the computer system and operations that will be needed to begin enrolling people into the Nevada health insurance exchange. Per the contract, the company is to have the system up and running by October 2013, which will enable consumers to enroll…

Nevada low income car insurance proposal dead in the water

June 3, 2011 Marc

Early this year, Nevada legislators were considering a bill that would provide more affordable car insurance policies to low-income families. The bill had gained momentum in Las Vegas in its early days, but support waned as months passed without comprehensive amendments. It was announced that the Nevada Senate had terminated the bill, leaving its sponsor, Assemblyman Kelvin Atkinson, to go back to the drawing board. Atkinson expressed his disappointment with the lack of Republican support for the bill, but has hopes that a similar measure will be passed in the…