The Legislature needs to know how hospitals use public funds and what they charge uninsured patients! Hospitals receive a significant amount of public funding for the over 200,000 uninsured patients in New Mexico, but many hospitals still charge uninsured patients their highest prices—several times over the actual cost of services and what insurance companies pay…
House Bill 2, the state’s budget bill, is quickly moving through the legislative process and is scheduled for debate on the House Floor tomorrow, February 3. Alarmingly, a major problem with the bill is it would divert nearly $34 million away from low wage workers and families who need access to healthcare coverage. We need…
After passing the Healthcare Affordability Fund last year, New Mexico finally has the funding in place to make affordable healthcare available to all New Mexicans! But the funds are at risk of being diverted away! Today at 1:30 pm, the House Appropriations and Finance Committee will hear the Insurance Superintendent’s proposal to use money from…
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…