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Two years ago, three of us were among 21 N.M. physicians from seven counties who signed an op-ed in the Albuquerque Journal. Our goal? To highlight how the N.M. Health Security Plan could alleviate the state’s chronic shortage of medical providers. Now evidence for that has arrived, just as a bill to start designing that plan, HB 203, is working its way through the Legislature.
A very recent national inquiry of health care providers – mostly physicians – showed 74 out of 92 who replied would move or consider moving to New Mexico, if we implement a universal health coverage system. Positive responders included doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists and counselors. The poll, done by Physicians for a National Health Program, contacted about 1,000 of its members.
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