Mike Willden said those estimates, which are roughly two years old, include the costs Nevada would incur to serve the eligible Medicaid beneficiaries, the costs of new health information technology and the increased payments to primary care physicians, according to the report.
“We may see upwards of 150,000 more people eligible for Medicaid,” Mr. Willden said, “because we pick up a group that we’ve never covered in Nevada, and that’s what we call childless adults. Nevada has never served childless adults.”
Nevada was one of the 26 states that sued the federal government over the Medicaid expansion provisions included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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