Tag Archives: Healthcare Coverage

NM’s Representatives Should Follow Through on Promises Behind ACA

This past week, I spent a couple of days inWashington,D.C.visiting with the staff of four of New Mexico’s five federal legislators – Bingaman, Lujan, Heinrich and Udall. Senator Udall, always a gracious fellow, stopped by at the end of my … Continue reading

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HEALTHY SKEPTICISM & DIALOGUE

  “I have to tell you, just so you know, I am skeptical about these alternative approaches to medicine.” This is how one of our long-time state Representatives opened a conversation with me recently. “That’s OK. I have to tell … Continue reading

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Health is More Than Medical Care, Medical Care Coverage, Medicaid and Medicare

  As we head into the hot summer days here in NM, it’s time once again for the interim committees of the legislature to begin their work. I took a day  recently to travel to Santa Fe to listen in … Continue reading

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New Mexico Health Exchange Fundamentally Flawed

  In this past legislative session, a bi-partisan bill to lay the foundation to create a Health Exchange in New Mexico – in response to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – passed both houses but was then vetoed … Continue reading

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NM should include spiritual care in its approach to universal coverage

New Mexico, like all other states, is positioning itself for the implementation of the 2010 Patient Protection Act – the universal healthcare plan approved by Congress just recently. Numerous individuals and groups in NM are working on whether we will … Continue reading

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