Coalition plans ‘Easy Enrollment,’ Rx legislation, healthcare cost study to address problem New Mexico Together for Healthcare on Wednesday announced plans to support key bills in the 2022 legislative session to address a new study’s findings that a key barrier for New Mexicans accessing the healthcare they need continues to be healthcare costs. “The data…
In 2021, the New Mexico Legislature passed the Patients’ Debt Collection Protection Act. Rules are still needed to implement the law, but the proposed rules are currently missing key protections for patients. This is a critical moment for the public to weigh in. The new law: Prohibits medical providers and creditors from suing low-income patients or sending them…
SANTA FE– Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation creating an innovative Healthcare Affordability Fund on Thursday. New Mexico Together for Healthcare leaders and community advocates heralded it as a major leap that will increase access to healthcare for thousands of New Mexicans. The bill will make healthcare more affordable for New Mexicans and result in…
SANTA FE–Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday signed HB 112, legislation supported by New Mexico Together for Healthcare, which ensures that every New Mexican can access healthcare regardless of their immigration status. “Every New Mexican should be able to access critical healthcare services,” said Nicolas Cordova, an attorney with the New Mexico Center on Law…
New Mexico patients now can get care, not worry about overwhelming debt SANTA FE—Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed The Patients’ Debt Collection Protection Act into law, ensuring that New Mexico patients can get the care they need without ending up buried in debt. “Medical debt is the worst thing I’ve ever had to…