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, Share your Story
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, Share your Story
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.
Facing the Healthcare Crisis Together
New Mexico has lost hundreds of physicians, leaving families waiting weeks or traveling hours for care. Patient-Led New Mexico brings patients and doctors to the same table—listening directly to clinicians on the front lines to understand what’s driving shortages and what real solutions are needed to keep care local and accessible.
Dr. Lawrence Andrade Story
Healthcare decisions affect real people. Real families. Real doctors. Dr. Lawrence Andrade’s story is one of many and yours matters too. When patients and providers speak together, change becomes possible.
Karn
New Mexicans are being forced to leave the state for healthcare. After years of waitlists, closed clinics, and failed attempts to find a doctor, one family made the heartbreaking decision to sell their dream home and move out of state just to access timely care. Their story reflects a growing crisis of fewer doctors, longer waits, and real consequences for patients.
Elizabeth
A New Mexico senior has spent years without a consistent primary care doctor as providers leave and appointments fall through. Chronic conditions go unmonitored, referrals are denied, and even urgent injuries face long delays. Their story reflects a growing reality for many patients: unstable care and limited access.
Lee
In a single year, one New Mexico couple was assigned four different primary care doctors as providers repeatedly left. Without a stable physician, they were denied access to routine preventive care like mammograms and bone scans. Their experience highlights a growing breakdown in continuity of care that puts patients’ health at risk.