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Health experts say Medicaid cuts would have drastic impacts in New Mexico
2025-04-19 02:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
KUNM PublishedApril 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM MDT Facebook Email Lets Talk New Mexico on April 10 explored the Impacts federal Medicaid cuts might have on the state. Host Kaveh Mowahed spoke to New Mexico Healthcare Authority Secretary Kari Armijo, President of the New Mexico Hospital Association Troy Clark, and Dr. Nancy Wright, a pediatrician in Las Vegas. Heres an excerpt, which started with an email from listener LD, who wrote that without Medicaid, they would not be able to continue working since they have a disability.KUNM: Secretary Armjio, people with disabilities and those in long-term care account for almost a third of the Medicaid dollars spent. Medicaid is the last resort for many of those folks and others like LD count on it in order to hold a job. If cuts in New Mexico do become inevitable, which groups might have a higher priority?KARI ARMIJO: LD is raising a very important point. Most individuals on Medicaid are working. You can work a minimum wage job. You could work maybe...
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