Line: Did Politics Influence UNM Regents Decision On UNMH?

April 1, 2016 – This week, local media reported that state officials approached the UNM Health Sciences Center earlier this year about a 50 million dollar loan to help address the New Mexico’s Medicaid shortfall. UNMH declined the request. Does that change how the public views the regents decision to restructure the governance of the Health Sciences Center a few weeks ago?

Host Gene Grant leads a discussion on the latest news with this week’s Line opinion panelists.

LINE PANELISTS:
Merritt Allen, Vox Optima
Dede Feldman, former state senator
Dan Foley, former New Mexico house minority whip
Laura Sanchez-Rivét, attorney at Cuddy & McCarthy, LLP