Applications for Medicaid spike in Nevada

By: Dana Gentry

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: March 30, 2026

Words: 592

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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Medicaid applications in Nevada skyrocketed by an average of 62% in December 2025 and this January and February over the same months a year earlier.

The largest spike was in January, when the average daily number of pending applications for three categories of Medicaid – family medical; aged, blind, and disabled; and unregistered applicants (those who have not been added to the state tracking system) – jumped to 21,400, up 79% from 12,193 …

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