Join New Mexico Together for Healthcare to hear from experts, advocates, and legislators about New Mexico’s opportunity to lead the country in healthcare reform this session
SANTA FE, NM — On Thursday, February 23, community advocates, healthcare providers, and policy and legal experts from New Mexico Together for Healthcare will be joined by legislators in a press conference at the Roundhouse to demand the legislature uses this year’s session to expand access to affordable coverage for thousands of New Mexicans through Medicaid Forward and the Healthcare Affordability Fund.
Medicaid Forward, which was filed this month, is a historic opportunity to continue New Mexico’s leadership in healthcare affordability by allowing residents whose incomes are too high to qualify for Medicaid to instead purchase an affordable plan through the program. This session, the legislature also has the opportunity to use the Healthcare Affordability Fund as designed to provide access to affordable coverage for the first time to many, including Native American and Indigenous peoples and immigrant members of our communities.
- WHAT: A press conference at the Roundhouse with New Mexico Together for Healthcare to share how New Mexico can lower healthcare costs for thousands across our state. Thirty minutes of remarks from legislators and healthcare leaders will be followed by 15 minutes for Q&A. Additional materials will be shared following the briefing.
- WHEN: Thursday, February 23rd, 11:00 am MT
- WHERE: The Capitol Building (the Roundhouse), Room 321; 490 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Or tune in to the livestream on Facebook.
- WHO: Rep. Reena Szczepanski; community leaders Cecilia Piñon, Christina James, and Luz Villescas, representing families from across New Mexico; Dr. Wendy Johnson, Medical Director for La Familia; Bill Wagner, LCSW Ph.D and Executive Director at Centro Savila; Nicolas Cordova, Attorney and Healthcare Director for NM Center on Law and Poverty.
