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By Sean Whaley | Nevada News Bureau
Nevada lawmakers were quick to offer their opinions Thursday following the Supreme Court’s health care decision.
CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval said Thursday the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding much of the Affordable Care Act on the state’s Medicaid program remain unclear.
“The implications for Medicaid costs are still unclear, but Nevada will prepare to meet the serious financial implications of this decision,” he said in a statement shortly after the court ruled. “I believe the Congress should act to reform this law and ease the serious burdens it places on the states and the nation’s businesses. The American people remain deeply divided on the wisdom of this law and they are still entitled to see it changed.”
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., said he too wants to see the law changed.
“This law has now been affirmed as a colossal tax increase on the middle class, and its excessive regulations are stripping businesses of the certainty they need to hire at a time when Nevadans and the rest of the country are desperate for jobs,” he said. “The president should work with Congress to find real solutions to healthcare reform so the excessive mandates and taxes in this law do not further add to our national debt or continue to stifle economic growth.
“This onerous law needs to be repealed and replaced with market-based reforms that will provide greater access, affordability, and economic certainty to our nation,” Heller said.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the matter is now settled.
“It’s time for Republicans to stop refighting yesterday’s battles,” he said.
