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Many nations of the Americas are contronting a defining, 21st Century dilemma: caring for the elderly amid turbulent social changes, economic uncertainties, mounting inequality and contentious politics. Continue Reading
For years, Vietnam vets and their widows have been pushing the VA to extend benefits to those exposed to the toxic herbicide and later stricken with glioblastoma. The VA has said no, but advocates hope the agency will now revisit the issue. Continue Reading
Even in his final days of battling leukemia in early 2016, Jose Frietze was fighting for the youth services agency he founded in 1977. Continue Reading
My name is David Alcon and I am a disabled son of a disabled veteran. Continue Reading
The review comes roughly four years after Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration disrupted care for tens of thousands of New Mexicans. Continue Reading
When government acts destructively, journalists have a duty to question, to dig, to find truth and speak it. Some of us did. The Albuquerque Journal’s editorial board did the opposite. Continue Reading
As Republicans in Congress work to roll back the Affordable Care Act, they and some states are proposing major changes to the Medicaid program. Researchers say these changes would cost millions their health coverage. Continue Reading
No Medicaid fraud was ever found. And those eye-popping estimates that added up to $36 million the organizations had overbilled Medicaid? The state is seeking drastically lower reimbursements today. Continue Reading
People have been dying through lack of access to health care, and it doesn’t look like the situation is going to get any better. Continue Reading
NMPolitics.net’s editor and publisher appeared on KRWG this week to discuss an ongoing journalistic collaboration to investigate southern New Mexico’s struggling behavioral health system. Continue Reading
Time is short, but it is still possible for our Legislature to declare that it is willing to take control of New Mexico’s health care destiny. Continue Reading
The debate revealed a divide not just between the GOP and Democrats but between old school Republicans and the party’s younger members, particularly those from urban areas. Continue Reading
The state Senate on Wednesday night defeated a bill that would have legalized assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. Continue Reading
Javier Gonzales showed up at the state Capitol on Wednesday to testify against HB 430, but the hearing was delayed. Continue Reading
House Bill 202 is part of an effort to bring in revenue from the fastest-growing part of the state’s economy — physicians, hospitals and clinics, most of which now pay little or no gross receipts tax. Continue Reading