SANTA FE– Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation creating an innovative Healthcare Affordability Fund on Thursday. New Mexico Together for Healthcare leaders and community advocates heralded it as a major leap that will increase access to healthcare for thousands of New Mexicans. The bill will make healthcare more affordable for New Mexicans and result in…
SANTA FE–Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday signed HB 112, legislation supported by New Mexico Together for Healthcare, which ensures that every New Mexican can access healthcare regardless of their immigration status. “Every New Mexican should be able to access critical healthcare services,” said Nicolas Cordova, an attorney with the New Mexico Center on Law…
New Mexico patients now can get care, not worry about overwhelming debt SANTA FE—Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed The Patients’ Debt Collection Protection Act into law, ensuring that New Mexico patients can get the care they need without ending up buried in debt. “Medical debt is the worst thing I’ve ever had to…
We’re almost there! Let’s make affordable healthcare a reality in New Mexico. Together, we had groundbreaking victories at the legislative session that will be game changers for affordable and equitable healthcare in New Mexico! Over the years, you have made countless phone calls, emails and public comment in committee hearings—and our efforts worked. The Legislature…
After a concurrence vote by the New Mexico Senate on Wednesday, The Patients’ Debt Collection Protection Act is headed to the governor’s desk where patients hope it will be signed into law to help the thousands of New Mexicans drowning in medical debt. “Medical debt is the worst thing I’ve ever had to recover from,”…