Medicaid Funding And The Elections

October 28, 2016 – Nearly half of New Mexicans who have health insurance are on a public plan like Medicaid. The federal government matches spending on Medicaid but the state has not allocated enough funding to fully meet the federal requirements. That could have a significant impact on patients and providers.

Correspondent Stan Wilson sits down this week with Dr. Andrew Hsi from UNM Family and Community Medicine and Jenny Metzler, executive director of Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless.