State report shows how Medicaid Forward will lower healthcare costs, expand access to coverage, and drive long-term savings for families, providers, and the state Santa Fe, NM – Yesterday, Incoming House Majority Leader Reena Szczepanski, healthcare providers, and advocates from the New Mexico Together for Healthcare coalition presented key findings from the newly released Health…
DetailsHealthcare providers, incoming House Leader Szczepanski, and advocates to discuss ‘Medicaid Forward’ with Legislative Health and Human Services Committee New state report highlights groundbreaking opportunity for affordable, accessible healthcare Santa Fe, NM – Incoming House Leader Reena Szczepanski and representatives from the New Mexico Together for Healthcare coalition will present key findings from the newly released Health Care…
DetailsBy Gail Stamler, Certified Nurse Midwife, Grant CountyAs published in the Silver City Daily Press on September 25, 2024 Since 2002, 192 hospitals in rural America have closed their doors due to unstable reimbursements, threatening the very fabric of health care in these communities. New Mexico, where 700,000 of our 2 million residents live in…
DetailsNew Mexico Together for Healthcare, a statewide, multiracial campaign of families and community organizations working together to strengthen healthcare access for New Mexico residents, applauded Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday for signing House Bill 7 at a ceremony at Sierra Vista Hospital. HB 7 is critical legislation that will ensure sufficient and consistent funding…
DetailsMore New Mexicans will have access to affordable healthcare, according to recent study ALBUQUERQUE–New Mexico’s overall uninsured rate, household and employer spending on healthcare, and hospital’s uncompensated care costs could all drop significantly if a new healthcare coverage option called Medicaid Forward is implemented in New Mexico, according to a report recently released by the…
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