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SANTA FE, N.M. — The days of waiting weeks or months to get a doctor’s appointment in New Mexico could soon be over. A bill that would help keep doctors in our state passed the House Saturday ...

THREE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES THAT NIGHT TO THE ROUNDHOUSE. NOW WE’RE ONE OF THE MAJOR BILLS TO REFORM MEDICAL MALPRACTICE IN NEW MEXICO, PASSING THE HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON. REPORTER JOHN RAPOLLA ...

A measure to rein in high-dollar medical malpractice awards in New Mexico is due to hit the state House floor for a vote, which could give the Senate a tight deadline for considering the complex issue ...

Tisdale is the executive director of the University of Indianapolis Center for Aging & Community. Big changes are coming to the Medicaid system this time next year — and I fear they will quietly but ...

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For Deo Agustin, 54, caregiving doesn’t stop when her workday as an in-home childcare provider ends — it simply shifts. Agustin cares for her 79-year-old mother, a job she’s proud of but that she said ...