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How Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Could Close Several Rural Hospitals

August 21, 2025
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8.22.25 – Senior Producer Lou DiVizio asks a former state senator and a leading expert on the state’s finances how Trump’s Medicaid cuts will impact New Mexico’s rural health care system.  Correspondent: Lou DiVizio  Guests: Charles Sallee, Director, Legislative Finance Committee  Dede Feldman, Democratic Former NM State Senator  For More Information:  States scramble to shield hospitals from…

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Rep. Leger Fernandez on Trump’s Medicaid Cuts

August 21, 2025
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8.22.25 – We return to our conversation with Host Nash Jones and Democratic U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, as the congresswoman talks about President Trump’s multi-billion-dollar cuts to Medicaid.  Host: Nash Jones  Guest: U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M.     For More Information:  New Mexico delegation condemns “Big, Ugly Bill” – NM Political Report 

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