I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
The number of uninsured non-elderly adults in New Mexico increased nearly four percentage points, to 31 percent, between 2001 and 2008, the Associated Press reports today.
The data comes from an analysis of U.S. Census numbers released Wednesday by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The Census figures only include people who have been uninsured for a year and does not count those individuals who experienced shorter gaps in their health coverage, the news service says.
Here’s an excerpt of the short item:
The total number of uninsured New Mexicans has risen from 363,000 in 2001 to 468,000 last year.
The analysis shows that percentage of people with employer-based health coverage decreased from 57 percent in 2001 to 53 percent in 2008.
The Census data show that 49,000 people from high-income households are now uninsured.
