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(Photo by RIJASOLO/AFP via Getty Images) Go disclosed on Saturday, April 17, that he filed Senate Bill No. 2133 which proposed to amend Presidential Decree No. 1460, otherwise known as “The Insurance Code of 1978”, to institutionalize the regulations governing health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and provide affordable, improved and responsive health care to Filipinos. “The coronavirus disease has underscored to many Filipinos the need to invest in health care. As insurance markets become more competitive, we have to be pro-active, revisit our policies and ensure that the necessary s...

Governor Esablishes New Mexico Health Care Affordability Fund, Eliminates Copays For Behavioral Health Services STATE News: SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Thursday signed into law Senate Bill 317, establishing the Health Care Affordability Fund, which is dedicated to reducing the cost of health insurance and medical expenses for working families. The bill also prohibits copays and other cost sharing for people with insurance who seek behavioral health services. “The pandemic has highlighted the devastating economic impact of out-of-pocket medical bills that can lead to medical deb...

Governor signs aid in dying bill Santa Fe New Mexican, The (NM) Apr. 8—In a legislative session full of contentious proposals from more progressive lawmakers — such as legalizing cannabis and repealing a decades-old abortion ban — perhaps none drew as much controversy as one that would give terminally ill patients the right to seek a doctor's aid in dying. On Thursday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law House Bill 47, known as the Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act, which gives certain patients the right to ask a physician to prescribe drugs to end their suffering. T...

Lujan Grisham signs aid-in-dying bill Santa Fe New Mexican, The (NM) Apr. 9—In a legislative session full of contentious proposals from more progressive lawmakers — such as legalizing cannabis and repealing a decades-old abortion ban — perhaps none drew as much controversy as one that would give terminally ill patients the right to seek a doctor's aid in dying. On Thursday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law House Bill 47, known as the Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act, which gives certain patients the right to ask a physician to prescribe drugs to end their sufferi...

N.M. Gov. Grisham Establishes Health Care Affordability Fund, Eliminate Copays for Behavioral Health Services Targeted News Service (Press Releases) SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 9 -- Gov. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday signed into law Senate Bill 317, establishing the Health Care Affordability Fund, which is dedicated to reducing the cost of health insurance and medical expenses for working families. The bill also prohibits copays and other cost sharing for people with insurance who seek behavioral health services. "The pandemic has highlighted the devastating economic impact of o...