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		<title>Opinion: Health care doesn’t get more ‘affordable’ by making insurance more expensive</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="160" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Large_Clark-County-Today-15515-elizabeth-new-hovde-health-insurance-costs-300x160.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Elizabeth New (Hovde) argues that proposed legislation raising taxes and fees on insurance providers will increase health care costs rather than improve affordability." decoding="async" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Large_Clark-County-Today-15515-elizabeth-new-hovde-health-insurance-costs-300x160.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Large_Clark-County-Today-15515-elizabeth-new-hovde-health-insurance-costs-750x400.jpg 750w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Large_Clark-County-Today-15515-elizabeth-new-hovde-health-insurance-costs-150x80.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Large_Clark-County-Today-15515-elizabeth-new-hovde-health-insurance-costs-768x410.jpg 768w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Large_Clark-County-Today-15515-elizabeth-new-hovde-health-insurance-costs.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>Elizabeth New (Hovde) argues that proposed legislation raising taxes and fees on insurance providers will increase health care costs rather than improve affordability. ]]></description>
		
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