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New Mexico is considering a plan to charge Medicaid patients copays as a way to save the state money. The proposal is drawing strong criticism from health…
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New Mexico allotted $940 million to pay for its share of Medicaid costs this year, but that’s still not enough to keep up with the growing number of…
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A U.S. District Court judge has found the Human Services Department secretary in contempt of court after hearings this summer when state employees…
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In an ongoing, decades-long conflict about whether public assistance in New Mexico is available to people who need it most, a federal judge has…
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A federal court hearing on whether New Mexico is fit to process applications for food stamps and Medicaid is set to wrap up on Wednesday, July 6. Top…
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Hungry people in New Mexico may have been denied expedited food assistance after their applications were falsified and put on hold. That’s according to…
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KUNM Call In Show 5/19 8a: A group of workers in the Human Services Department testified earlier this month that their bosses changed applications for…
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Court proceedings were paused in a hearing about the slow processing of food stamps applications last week when it seemed like a former state employee…
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In the latest round of the ongoing fight about food stamps, a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Jan. 27, aims to halt new work requirements. New Mexico has the…
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The Human Services Department is once again trying to expand work requirements for people who use the food stamps program. But fatigue on this issue might…