New Mexico’s healthcare system is at a critical juncture. Provider shortages, limited access to specialists, and unsustainable medical malpractice policies are creating gaps that affect the health and stability of every community. These pressures are not abstract,...
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...
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...
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. Fact: Licensing numbers do not reflect how many physicians are actually available to treat New Mexico patients. New Mexico’s license rolls include...
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...
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...
By Stephanie GatesTAOS, N.M. — The growing lack of healthcare access in New Mexico was center stage at a Bataan Hall last Thursday (Nov. 13). The newly formed Patient-Led New Mexico hosted one of three Healthcare Summits in Taos in collaboration with Holy Cross...
By Margaret O'HaraEditor’s note: Politics Check is an occasional series that shines a light on public officials or public policy news in New Mexico. SANTA FE, N.M. — While speaking with students at Health Leadership High School in Albuquerque one recent day, president...