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.
Self-employed New Mexicans relying on Blue Cross Blue Shield health care services are due to incur a ten percent increase on premiums paid less than a year after the insurance company hiked up rates by 21 percent.
Recently proposed federal and state family-planning spending cuts would disproportionately hinder low-income Latinas’ access to reproductive care, said several women’s reproductive care
Gov. Susana Martinez is not a fan of health care exchanges, but she floated the possibility of health care block grants as a way to reform health care in the state, according to a report by the KUNM Government Project Tuesday. Martinez had been in Washington, D.C., to attend a gathering of governors which included a meeting with President Barack Obama.
The liberal London daily Morning Star cited New Mexico’s cuts in Medicaid services as a cautionary tale Tuesday for proposed English health system cutbacks, arguing that New Mexico and other states are trying to balance state budgets by slashing medical services for the poor.
“New Mexico is expected to eliminate a number of Medicaid services that are not stipulated by federal law — including dental services, spectacles, emergency hospital services and inpatient psychiatric care,” The Star reported Tuesday. “In the US … the grim consequences are starting to emerge of the cutbacks driven by the recession which has left public-sector budgets drained even as it has made more low-paid and unemployed US citizens dependent on public support.”
New Mexico is not alone in cutting services for its most vulnerable populations, according to an August report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. More …
The New Mexico Health Policy Commission and state Health Department are in negotiations to determine the Commission’s fate, officials at both agencies have told The Independent.
The Commission was created by the legislature in 1991 to provide state…
The issue that took up over a year of Barack Obama’s time in office is now officially done. Tuesday morning, the president signed the reconciliation “fix” bill that passed Congress last week. The bill also included what Obama…
The Congressional Budget Office today released its long awaited score on a health care reform bill that is in front of Congress. The score ended up being a boost for supporters of the bill, as the CBO predicted the…
Congressman Harry Teague, D-N.M., is one of the undecided votes on health care according to nearly everyone’s whip list (or vote counts). And so the freshman Representative in the 2nd Congressional District is getting pressure from the right and…
According to conservative columnist David Freddoso of the Washington Examiner, Congressman Harry Teague is one of the key votes on health care legislation. Freddoso, counting votes, says that Democrats only have 205 votes to pass the legislation. The bill…
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Politico got the story wrong; the conservative non-profit is not currently airing ads in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District, they confirmed in an e-mail to the Independent.
Executive Director of the League of American Voters Bob Adams wrote:
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According to the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), Senator Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., has expressed support for passing the public option through reconciliation if it comes up for a vote on the Senate floor. Bingaman is among the 30 Senators…
In an overwhelming 406-19 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve a bill that would strip health insurance companies of their anti-trust exemptions. All three Congressmen from New Mexico were cosponsors of H.R. 4626 and voted for…
Gov. Bill Richardson was on Larry King Live last night to debate Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota. Pawlenty, a Republican, is considered a likely candidate for President in 2012.
New Mexico has fewer dentists per capita than all but one state, and one in five of its residents is uninsured, but the state still managed to rank as one of six national leaders in the area of dental care for its children, according to a new report by the Pew Center on the States. More …
Governor Bill Richardson attended the National Governor’s Association annual meeting in Washington D.C. this weekend and while there, he had some advice for President Barack Obama. Finish health care, then move onto the economy, Richardson said, according to an
A little bit overweight? Smoke a few now and then? It could cost you more for health insurance if you’re a New Mexico teacher. Many New Mexico teachers used to have what could be described as a “Cadillac” health insurance…
The current health care proposal is “probably as close as we’re going to get to a credible health care reform proposal,” U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman told…
While Congress is still out of session, the wrangling over health care reform never ends. The latest news from Washington is that Democrats appear to have decided to forgo a traditional conference committee, and instead engage in a process known…
After months of debate and discussion, the United States Senate has passed a health care bill on a 60-39 vote. No Republicans voted for the bill, while no Democrats voted against the bill. The vote on the bill was the…
Though a vote was originally scheduled for Thursday evening, Christmas Eve, the Democratic and Republican leadership in the Senate have agreed to instead push the vote on health care reform forward to Thursday morning.
