Growing Southern Nevada’s health care economy

By: David Damore, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr.

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: March 25, 2026

Words: 1,052

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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Last week The Lincy Institute, the Vegas Chamber, the Vegas Chamber Leadership Foundation, and the Nevada Health and Bioscience Corporation hosted a symposium on the future of Southern Nevada’s health care economy. Today, health care is the fastest-growing sector in the regional economy having added more than 42,000 jobs since 2016.

Yet, despite this growth we only have 70 percent of our expected health care jobs. Consequently, we continue to have poor health and …

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