Daisy LiraThis appeared in the Las Cruces Sun News on September 24, 2019. I am a successful businesswoman, operating three child learning centers, and a Sunland Park City Councilor. I’m happily married, a devout Catholic and a mother of four. But until my husband started working for the City of El Paso a few weeks…
DetailsCecelia FredThis appeared in the Gallup Independent on September 3, 2019. “Always take care of each other.” That was my parents’ advice to me and my brothers and sisters before we lost them both to cancer. We took that to heart. We are in close touch to this day. I know that of the nine…
DetailsThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues to strengthen our healthcare system and has made healthcare more affordable and accessible than ever before. Because of the ACA, and specifically Medicaid expansion, nearly 300,000 New Mexicans have gained access to healthcare coverage. For many New Mexicans, the ACA is a lifeline. Yet the fate of the Affordable Care…
DetailsMore than 250,000 in NM Would End Up Uninsured if U.S Appeals Court holds ACA is invalid New Mexico Together for Healthcare sounded an alarm about the number of families that would lose coverage in New Mexico as the U.S. House Oversight Committee on Wednesday heard testimony on the potential impact of the ACA being…
DetailsAnhdao Bui / Co-Interim Director, New Mexico Asian Family CenterThis appeared in the Albuquerque Journal on March 25, 2019. There are many stories in New Mexico’s Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) community about lives cut short by lack of access to health care. As the co-interim director of the New Mexico Asian Family Center…
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