Comprehensive primary care promises to transform the U.S. health care system by unlocking powerful health improvements and cost savings for patients and taxpayers. By investing in primary care, lawmakers can improve the health and wellbeing of all Americans.

The package of fact sheets below examines the state of primary care in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Comprehensive primary care promises to transform the U.S. health care system by unlocking powerful health improvements and cost savings for patients and taxpayers. By investing in primary care, lawmakers can improve the health and wellbeing of all Americans.

The fact sheet below examines the state of primary care in Nevada.

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Nevada consistently ranks near the bottom nationally in access to primary care physicians. In rural counties, that shortage is not theoretical. It shows up as months-long wait times, delayed diagnoses, unmanaged chronic disease, and emergency rooms functioning as default primary care clinics. Veterans, older adults and low-income families are disproportionately affected, not because their needs are more complex but because access is simply not there.

This new funding presents a real opportunity to change that trajectory. But money alone does not create health care access. How Nevada chooses to invest these dollars will determine whether this moment becomes a turning point — or another missed chance.

Primary care spending would be subject to measurement, analysis and annual reporting under this broader legislation establishing health care spending growth benchmarks for the state.