More 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…
DetailsMoney Appropriated to Study, Develop Innovative Health Coverage Plan SANTA FE—New Mexico Together for Healthcare on Saturday celebrated a big win for New Mexico families after the Legislature adjourned having appropriated funding to the Human Services Department to further study and begin the administrative development of a Medicaid Buy-in plan, including pursuing federal funding to…
DetailsBy Richard RangerThis appeared in the Santa Fe New Mexican on March 8, 2019. When my wife and I first got married, we didn’t have health insurance. We didn’t think we needed it. We were young and healthy. Plus, even though we both worked multiple jobs, none of our employers provided health coverage, so there…
DetailsBy Sydney TellezThis appeared in the NM Political Report on March 1, 2019. We have the opportunity in New Mexico to become a national champion for women’s healthcare by creating a Medicaid Buy-In. This straightforward proposal, championed in the Legislature by Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino and Rep. Debbie Armstrong, will allow some New Mexico…
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