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    Fifth Street

    December 10, 2020

    Dec 10, 2020
    The Doctor With a Thousand Kids | Lost (and Found) at Double Negative | Media Sommelier
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    October 8, 2020

    Oct 08, 2020
    Vegas' Restaurant Recession | Integrated Healthcare | The Obsession of The Ringmaster | COVID Superintroverts
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    Doctors with Databases

    Oct 02, 2020

    What if accessing medical records was as easy as using an ATM?

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    October 1, 2020

    Oct 01, 2020
    My Showgirls Theory | Health Information Exchange | Rediscovering Black Literature | Barrick's Transformation | Media Sommelier
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    How Will Latino Voters Affect The Election?

    Sep 30, 2020

    Candidates for the upcoming election are vying for every vote available, and there may be no voter group more coveted than the Latinos and Hispanics.

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    COVID-19 Infection Rise In Latino Community Spurs Outreach Effort

    Jul 06, 2020

    COVID-19 has proven to infect people indiscriminately.

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    Health Insurance Options Open, Responding To COVID-19 Crisis

    Apr 10, 2020

    On March 5, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak adopted 

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    The Essentials on COVID-19 and Health Insurance

    Mar 16, 2020

    State and federal agencies are doing a lot — on several fronts — to help make sure that people’s insurance covers testing and treatment for the new coronavirus/COVID-19.

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    'Giving These Women a Choice'

    Dec 26, 2019

    Shade Tree residents get better on-site health clinic

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    The deadline for the open enrollment period to sign-up on the federal exchanges for health care coverage is Dec. 15
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    Sunday Deadline Looms For Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment

    Dec 14, 2019
    The Health and Human Services Secretary tweeted a reminder: "If you decide that purchasing coverage through healthcare.gov is the right decision for you, make sure you select coverage by this Sunday."
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    Warren Hopes To Win Nevada With Her Signature Plans For Everything

    Feb 21, 2020

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    Officials Seek To Revive Rural Tonopah Hospital

    Nov 22, 2019

    When Tonopah’s hospital closed in 2015, it didn’t just leave the town without an emergency room – it left the region without one, too.

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    Democratic Candidate Andrew Yang Wants To Make You $12,000 Richer

    Oct 10, 2019

    Entrepreneur Andrew Yang's most recent visit comes at an opportune time -- the presidential gun forum.

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    Dr. Sarfraz Khan, chief medical officer at Meridian Health Services in Indiana, connects with patients over the internet.
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    Telepsychiatry Helps Recruitment And Patient Care In Rural Areas

    Sep 09, 2019
    A telemedicine initiative at Meridian Health Services is making it possible to offer psychiatric care to more patients in remote areas. It's also helping recruit doctors in a tight labor market.
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    Report: Nearly 400,000 Nevadans Lack Health Insurance

    Sep 06, 2019

    Nearly 398,000 people lack health coverage in Nevada according to a report released this week by the Guinn Center for Policy Priorities.

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    Mission Act Brings Nevada Veterans Better Access, Shorter Wait Times

    Jun 06, 2019

    Veteran healthcare can expect big changes when the MISSI

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    The family of the woman who was raped and then gave birth last December has filed new documents alleging she may have been impregnated before. They are seeking $45 million in damages.
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    Disabled Woman Who Gave Birth At Care Facility May Have Been Impregnated Before

    May 23, 2019
    New documents filed on Wednesday allege that the woman was sexually assaulted multiple times. An exam after the birth of the child in December indicated she may have been pregnant before.
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    Rick Romley, former Maricopa County Attorney, held a news conference on Monday, explaining his role in the internal investigation of management and security practices at Arizona's Hacienda Healthcare.
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    Nursing Home Launches New Investigation After Woman In Vegetative State Gives Birth

    Jan 14, 2019
    A former prosecutor of Maricopa County, Ariz., "will have unfettered access to every facet of [Hacienda Healthcare's] business — including all the records related to this matter," the company said.
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    In States, Democrats Start Delivering On Health Care Pledges

    Jan 12, 2019

    SEATTLE (AP) — Riding the momentum from November's elections, Democratic leaders in the states are wasting no time delivering on their biggest campaign promise — to expand access to health care and make it more affordable.

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    The government has had to reassure Americans that the Friday ruling does not affect this year's open enrollment, including through HealthCare.gov, which ends Saturday.
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    As Judge Rules Obamacare Unconstitutional, Democrats Seethe, Republicans Stay Mum

    Dec 15, 2018
    The decision came on the eve of the final day of open enrollment for 2019 health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
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    Older Nevadans And Their Plight Of Financial Insecurity

    Aug 27, 2018

    Many of us at one time or another have been in financial tight squeeze. It can happen at any time in life. For a certain demographic – those over 60 – financial troubles can be catastrophic and difficult to overcome.

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    Activists from NARAL Pro-Choice America stand outside the office of GOP Sen. Dean Heller in Reno, Nev. Heller is facing a tough re-election bid in a state that voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, and activists on the left are putting pressure on him to op
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    Kavanaugh Fight Puts Vulnerable Senators In A Tight Spot

    Aug 15, 2018
    The president's Supreme Court pick meets Wednesday with Democratic Sens. Joe Donnelly and Heidi Heitkamp, who are both up for re-election in red states while under intense pressure from activists.
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    NV Braces For Possible Increases In Health Insurance Rates

    May 25, 2018

    Rates won't be set in stone for a few months, but public officials anticipate costs on the individual market will go up.

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    Newspaper: Las Vegas Hospitals Quick To Discharge Patients

    Apr 02, 2018

     

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas newspaper has found that patients with mental illness are often being discharged from hospitals too soon, resulting in many returning to emergency rooms or being sent to group homes.

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    Facing Uncertainty, One Year On

    Jan 29, 2018

    We check in with five people profiled in January 2017 to see how their lives have been impacted by the Trump presidency.

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