New Mexicans Deserve Access to Care
Patients and doctors share what happens when the system fails—and why their stories matter.
Why Your Story Matters
Health care policy is often shaped by numbers, talking points, and political pressure—but the human consequences are too often left out.
When patients share their experiences, policymakers see what access delays really mean: missed diagnoses, longer drives for care, families forced to leave their communities just to get treatment. When physicians speak up, they reveal the realities behind the headlines: unsustainable risk, impossible staffing shortages, and the quiet reasons doctors decide not to practice—or stay—in New Mexico.
Stories change the conversation.
Patients
Patients are struggling to access timely, high-quality healthcare, facing long wait times, provider shortages, and limited services. They’re afraid that their families can’t access the care they need when they need it most or will have to travel hundreds of miles out of state to find it.
Patient-Led New Mexico hears you. We’re putting the power into your hands to create awareness, build consensus, engage with your representatives, and change policy to ensure that every New Mexican—no matter who they are or where they live—receives the timely, life-changing care they deserve. Join us now.
Providers
Providers are overworked, understaffed, struggling with high malpractice insurance rates, and battling with Medicaid and Medicare for approvals and reimbursement. This isn’t why doctors went to medical school. The patient-doctor relationship is sacred, and providers want to be able to help people. They are looking for jobs in other states with better healthcare policies in order to uphold their commitment to patients.
Patient-Led New Mexico hears you and will collaborate with you to create better policies to support healthcare workers. We want you to stay and also to attract more clinicians to the state. We believe that New Mexico has an opportunity to lead a healthcare transformation and build a system that truly serves patients, providers, and every community in our small villages, towns, and cities.
