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New Mexico Legislature approves bills to prop up rural health care, underwrite food assistance
The legislature approved $50 million to sustain rural medical services and $8 million to support food banks amid federal cuts impacting 38% of Medicaid recipients, lawmakers said.
- On Thursday, the New Mexico Legislature approved five funding bills in a special legislative session to prop up rural health care and food assistance, sending them to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
- Responding to federal cuts, lawmakers said President Trump's law expanded SNAP work requirements and altered Medicaid funding amid a Washington budget standoff that prompted a government shutdown Wednesday.
- The package allocates $50 million to support rural clinics and hospitals, $17 million for exchange subsidies, $8 million for food banks statewide, $2 million for campus pantries, and $430,000 for tribal stations.
- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham supports major provisions and retains veto power, while Republican lawmakers in the legislative minority unanimously opposed state funding totaling about $100 million.
- Many federal changes don't kick in until 2027, so about 38% of New Mexico residents rely on Medicaid and nearly one-fourth receive SNAP, making the funding a temporary bandage for rural health clinics and hospitals.
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New Mexico Legislature approves bills to prop up rural health care, underwrite food assistance
New Mexico legislators are moving quickly to prop up funding for food assistance and rural health care services in response to President Donald Trump’s cuts in federal spending on Medicaid and nutrition programs.
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