{"id":1083946,"date":"2021-12-04T13:29:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T18:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1083946"},"modified":"2021-12-04T13:29:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T18:29:11","slug":"nevada-will-charge-unvaccinated-state-workers-55-a-month-more-for-health-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-will-charge-unvaccinated-state-workers-55-a-month-more-for-health-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada Will Charge Unvaccinated State Workers $55 A Month More For Health Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnevada-will-charge-unvaccinated-state-workers-55-a-month-more-for-health-insurance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1083946&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>State workers in Nevada who are in enrolled in public employee healthcare plans will have to pay up to $55 more a month if they haven\u2019t received the COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Nevada will become the first state to do this, ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/wireStory\/unvaccinated-nevada-state-workers-pay-insurance-surcharge-81529592\">reported<\/a>, with the state Public Employees\u2019 Benefit Program Board voting on Thursday to charge unvaccinated workers more to \u201coffset the costs of testing those who haven\u2019t gotten shots are required to undergo in certain workplaces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DuAne Young, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak\u2019s policy director, told the outlet that \u201cThis is pandemic has been shouldered on the burden of everyone. And now this particular burden \u2014 the testing \u2014 should be shouldered on the burden of those who refuse to\u201d get vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>The increase in healthcare plan cost won\u2019t go into effect until July 2022, ABC reported.<\/p>\n<p>Nevada requires workplaces with a vaccination rate below 70% to test weekly for COVID-19 outbreaks. More from ABC:<\/p>\n<p><em>Officials said coronavirus-related claims filed by state workers were on track to surpass $6 billion in 2021. By charging state workers and their dependents age 18 and older, the plans will help offset the cost of testing people who refuse to be vaccinated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Laura Rich, the benefit program\u2019s executive officer, said some public sector plans \u2014 including for workers at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport \u2014 have imposed surcharges on unvaccinated employees, but, to her knowledge, Nevada would be the first state to impose a systemwide surcharge on public employee plans.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>She compared the premium to a smoking surcharge and said it would help underwrite roughly $18 million in annual testing costs. With thousands of unvaccinated workers, she said administrators had to decide the extent to which tax dollars should pay for the medical costs of those who chose not to get vaccinated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Las Vegas Review-Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/news\/politics-and-government\/nevada\/nevadas-unvaccinated-state-workers-to-pay-insurance-surcharge-2489711\/\">reported<\/a> the prior to the Board\u2019s vote on Thursday, \u201call costs related to employee testing, which was required on a weekly basis as of August 2020, were covered. Through September, the board estimated, the state has spent $3.3 million testing employees for COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe board cited a plan in Dallas, which implemented incentives for employees to get vaccinated as well as surcharges, and private companies such as Delta. But Nevada would be the first state to implement the surcharge statewide,\u201d the outlet added.<\/p>\n<p>One board member, Tom Verducci, also lamented the fact that state employees hadn\u2019t received a raise in several years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think of the soul out in Lovelock working for the Department of Corrections is paying $800 a month in a trailer with three kids,\u201d he told the Review-Journal. \u201cI have a hard time with this one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dean Heller, a former U.S. Senator from Nevada who is now running for governor, told the Review-Journal that the decision to charge unvaccinated workers higher healthcare premiums was \u201cbeyond despicable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of the most arrogant, disrespectful, and power-hungry moves any Governor has ever made toward the working men and women of our state,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cIt is beyond despicable to force employees to undergo testing, then demand they pay out of their own pockets for the mandate. I\u2019m sure our workers are outraged, and rightfully so. They deserve a better Governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>&nbsp;member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State workers in Nevada who are in enrolled in public employee healthcare plans will have to pay up to $55 more a month if they haven\u2019t received the COVID-19 vaccine.Nevada will become the first state to do this, ABC News reported, with the state Public Employees\u2019 Benefit Program Board voting on Thursday to charge unvaccinated workers more to \u201coffset the costs of testing those who haven\u2019t gotten shots are required to undergo in certain workplaces.\u201dDuAne Young, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak\u2019s policy director, told the outlet that \u201cThis is pandemic has been shouldered on the burden of everyone. And now this particular burden \u2014 the testing \u2014 should be shouldered on the burden of those who refuse to\u201d get vaccinated.The increase in healthcare plan cost won\u2019t go into effect until July 2022, ABC reported.Nevada requires workplaces with a vaccination rate below 70% to test weekly for COVID-19 outbreaks. More from ABC:Officials said coronavirus-related claims filed by state workers were on track to surpass $6 billion in 2021. By charging state workers and their dependents age 18 and older, the plans will help offset the cost of testing people who refuse to be vaccinated.Laura Rich, the benefit program\u2019s executive officer, said some public sector plans \u2014 including for workers at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport \u2014 have imposed surcharges on unvaccinated employees, but, to her knowledge, Nevada would be the first state to impose a systemwide surcharge on public employee plans.She compared the premium to a smoking surcharge and said it would help underwrite roughly $18 million in annual testing costs. With thousands of unvaccinated workers, she said administrators had to decide the extent to which tax dollars should pay for the medical costs of those who chose not to get vaccinated.The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported the prior to the Board\u2019s vote on Thursday, \u201call costs related to employee testing, which was required on a weekly basis as of August 2020, were covered. Through September, the board estimated, the state has spent $3.3 million testing employees for COVID-19.\u201d\u201cThe board cited a plan in Dallas, which implemented incentives for employees to get vaccinated as well as surcharges, and private companies such as Delta. But Nevada would be the first state to implement the surcharge statewide,\u201d the outlet added.One board member, Tom Verducci, also lamented the fact that state employees hadn\u2019t received a raise in several years.\u201cI think of the soul out in Lovelock working for the Department of Corrections is paying $800 a month in a trailer with three kids,\u201d he told the Review-Journal. \u201cI have a hard time with this one.\u201dDean Heller, a former U.S. Senator from Nevada who is now running for governor, told the Review-Journal that the decision to charge unvaccinated workers higher healthcare premiums was \u201cbeyond despicable.\u201d\u201cThis is one of the most arrogant, disrespectful, and power-hungry moves any Governor has ever made toward the working men and women of our state,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cIt is beyond despicable to force employees to undergo testing, then demand they pay out of their own pockets for the mandate. I\u2019m sure our workers are outraged, and rightfully so. They deserve a better Governor.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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