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Silver State Health Insurance Exchange Won't Open Physical Stores

The state will not open physical stores to enroll people in health insurance programs this year.

The Las Vegas Sun reports Nevada's Silver State Health Insurance Exchange decided not to open stores this year because not many people used them.

Last year, less than ten percent of total enrollees to the exchange signed up at either the store in Las Vegas or at the one in Northern Nevada.

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Along with the low usage rate, the insurance exchange's budget was cut this year, making the physical stores less cost-effective.

Casey Morell is the coordinating producer of Nevada Public Radio's flagship broadcast State of Nevada and one of the station's midday newscast announcers. (He's also been interviewed by Jimmy Fallon, whatever that's worth.)