Health
Future Of Medicaid Unclear In New Mexico
February 17, 2017 – This week on New Mexico in Focus we look at Medicaid. New Mexico was one of 31 states and the District of Columbia that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act and it helped contribute to the state’s uninsured rate dropping to 9 percent from 20 percent. About 244,000 more New…
Read MoreBehavioral Health Funding In Bernalillo County
February 10, 2017 – Voters in Bernalillo County voted overwhelmingly in 2014 to support a new tax to pay for mental and behavioral health services. This came after the shooting death of James Boyd, a homeless man who was schizophrenic, by Albuquerque Police, as well as other shootings by police involving people suffering from mental…
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