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.
Women, who have more contact with the health care system, stand to benefit the most from changes brought about the new health care law, according to a study released this week.
The analysis, performed by the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that supports independent research on health care issues, examines the effect of several provisions in the new law on women who “experience more difficulty obtaining coverage from the individual market and are charged much higher premiums for the same benefits” than men. That’s because insurance carriers consider women, particularly young women, a higher risk than men of the same age, the authors say in an overview.
The authors go on to say several provisions in the new law work to the advantage of women, from one that allows adult children to stay on their parents’ health care plans up to age 26 to another that prohibits insurers from cancelling health policies. And those are examples of temporary changes, a bridge of sorts until 2014 when many more provisions in the new law take effect, the authors say.
