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,”…
By Genevieve Romero Medical debt is crushing New Mexico families like mine. When I was a high school sophomore, I got really sick. It was frightening for my entire family. I needed to see a doctor, but it wasn’t easy. My dad is a Vietnam veteran and his CHAMPVA insurance covers me too, so we…
By Anna Rondon from Chi Chil Tah, McKinley County This op-ed by By originally appeared in the Gallup Sun News. I couldn’t breathe. My chest felt like it was on fire. I thought I was having a heart attack. And I was terrified. Alone in my car, on my way home to my kids after…
No one should ever face discrimination when accessing healthcare, based on immigration status. TOMORROW at 1:30 p.m., the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee will consider House Bill 112, which would stop state or locally funded healthcare programs from discriminating against New Mexicans based on their immigration status! We need your help to provide public comment at the…
Frontline, essential workers are being left out of COVID-19 healthcare services for no reason other than immigration status. We need your help to make calls and send emails this weekend. Everyone should have access to COVID-19 testing and treatment, but thousands of immigrants in New Mexico are being denied coverage for critical services even though…