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Press Release – Healthcare Champions Launch Public Education Campaign to Address New Mexico’s Medical Access Crisis
A new public education campaign has been launched by Patient-Led NM, founded by the New Mexico Medical Society, New Mexico Hospital Association, Sacramento Mountains Foundation, and the Greater Albuquerque Medical Association. The effort aims to educate New Mexicans about the policy landscape contributing to the state’s deepening healthcare crisis, which has resulted in a significant loss of physicians and growing barriers to patient care.
The Price of Delay: A Doctor’s Battle to Save a Patient’s Foot
A New Mexico doctor fought for his patient through months of system delays—only to see a treatable condition become a lifelong disability.
Malpractice Reform in New Mexico: What’s at Stake for Patients and Providers
New Mexico is one of the toughest places in the country to be a doctor—or a patient trying to find one. While headlines often focus on workforce shortages or rural hospital closures, one overlooked driver of this crisis is the state's high-risk medical malpractice...
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...
Myth-Busting: We Don’t Have an Ownership Crisis. We Have an Access Crisis.
Ownership isn’t the issue—access is. New Mexico’s healthcare crisis isn’t about who runs our hospitals. It’s about whether patients can actually get care. Here’s what’s really driving doctors out of the state—and what we can do to fix it.
Forced to Flee: A 10-Year-Old’s Journey for Care Out of State
When no pediatric rheumatologists were available in New Mexico, one family drove 900 miles so their child wouldn’t suffer permanent damage.
Preventable Amputation: A Nurse Practitioner’s Story of Loss
In rural New Mexico, a hardworking rancher lived with undiagnosed hypertension and diabetes. Like so many others, he couldn’t find a primary care provider. Long waits and limited access led him to delay care—until a foot injury sent him to the ER.
By then, it was too late.
Solving New Mexico’s Health Care Workforce Crisis
With nearly every county designated a Health Professional Shortage Area, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Without bold policy action, New Mexico risks losing even more providers to burnout, relocation, or early retirement—further deepening a crisis that already threatens patient outcomes.
Nonprofit group discloses hefty trial lawyer contributions after settlement agreement
New Mexico's medical malpractice laws have emerged as a hotly-debated issue in recent legislative sessions. A group called New Mexico Safety Over Profits that has advocated against changing the current laws recently entered into a settlement agreement with the State...
Doctors are on the run, out of New Mexico
Dr. Angelina A. Villas-Adams is a board-certified gastroenterologist and internist practicing at Southwest Gastroenterology Associates and Southwest Endoscopy in Albuquerque. She earned her medical degree from the University of New Mexico. As president of the New...
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