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By Gabrielle Porter, The Santa Fe New Mexican Even after a decade on the job, Dr. Jessica Roberts still has a hard time wrapping her mind around how far some of her patients drive to see her. The only obstetrician-gynecologist on staff at Miners Colfax Medical Center in Raton, Roberts said she sees women from

Inflation, insurance availability, changes in Medicaid funding and workforce problems have left some rural New Mexico hospitals uncertain if they can stay open in the coming years.

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Registered nurses Mandy Cordova, left, and Mikayla Salazar help Dr. James Gonzales put a breathing tube for a ventilator into a COVID-19 patient at Guadalupe County Hospital in Santa Rosa on Friday. (Eddie Moore/Journal) Copyright © 2020 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – It’s no secret when someone...

Copyright © 2020 Albuquerque Journal Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been on the rise in nearly every part of New Mexico in recent weeks, including rural areas that saw few cases during the pandemic’s initial waves. That includes Colfax County, near the northeast corner of the state, where cases have skyrocketed by 600% in the course of a month to a total of more than 350. The county initially averaged only a handful of cases for most of the pandemic, but cases have ballooned as the nation ...