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Why New Mexico Can’t Keep Its Doctors — And What We Can Do About It
New Mexico is facing one of the worst physician shortages in the country—hurting access to care, straining our healthcare system, and putting patients at risk. But the real crisis isn’t just how few doctors we have. It’s how few stay. Here’s what you need to know...
What Patients Are Living With Every Day
When you open a newspaper or scroll through a local news website, like the Albuquerque Journal, The Santa Fe New Mexican, the Las Cruces Sun, and many more, you will see a pattern that is impossible to ignore. A health care crisis. So many stories point to the same...
Statement on HB 99 Passing House Health & Human Services Committee
January 30, 2026 Media ContactJen Paul Schroerjen@jjsassociates.us Today, HB 99 advanced out of the House Health & Human Services Committee with a bipartisan VOTE COUNT: 7 to 3 vote. While the bill’s movement reflects recognition of the urgent need to stabilize...
Myth 4: New Mexico has a healthy malpractice insurance market.
Fact: New Mexico’s market is widely recognized as distressed. Only a very small number of insurers still write malpractice policies in our state. Several carriers have exited in recent years due to unpredictable risk and high verdict severity. Fewer insurers mean...
HB 99 Medical Malpractice Reform – HHHS Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2026 STATEMENT ON HB 99 PASSING HOUSE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Today, HB 99 advanced out of the House Health & Human Services Committee with a bipartisan VOTE COUNT: 7 to 3 vote. While the bill’s movement...
Myth 3: Malpractice reform is driven by corporate hospitals looking to avoid accountability.
Fact: The biggest driver of recent reform efforts is market instability, not corporate preference. Independent actuaries (WTW/MPLA) show: New Mexico’s five-year average loss ratio is 175% (insurers pay $1.75 for every $1.00 collected). The U.S. average is ~75%. New...
Myth 2: Hospitals shouldn’t be included in the Medical Malpractice Act — the law should apply to doctors only.
Fact: Modern medicine is delivered through integrated hospital systems, and most physicians work inside them. A significant majority of New Mexico physicians are hospital-employed or hospital-based (higher than national trends). Nationally, only 47% of physicians...
Myth 1: New Mexico has plenty of doctors — more per capita than neighboring states — so physician shortages aren’t real.
Myth 1: New Mexico has plenty of doctors — more per capita than neighboring states — so physician shortages aren’t real. Fact: Licensing numbers do not reflect how many physicians are actually available to treat New Mexico patients. New Mexico’s license rolls include...
OPINION: Health care access is forcing us to sell our home
By Karn Jilek
What New Mexico’s Headlines Say About Healthcare Access
When you open a newspaper or scroll through a local news website, like the Albuquerque Journal, The Santa Fe New Mexican, the Las Cruces Sun, and many more, you will see a pattern that is impossible to ignore. A health care crisis. So many stories point to the same...
How Healthcare Instability Affects New Mexico’s Economy and Everyday Quality of Life
Across New Mexico, people carry stories about what it means to build a life here. Some grew up in communities where everyone knows each other by name. Others arrived from different states or different countries, drawn by opportunity, family, or the promise of a...
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