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Impacts of the Health Care Overhaul in New Mexico: One Year Out

Photo: clevercupcakes (Flickr/Creative Commons)

Thu. 3/22 8a:  It's been a year since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law and soon the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the its constitutionality.  How has the law changed your healthcare situation?  What have been the impacts across New Mexico?  

Guests: Dr. Deane Waldman, Cardiologist, Rio Grade Foundation Board Member; Barbara Webber, Executive Director, Health Action New Mexico

Ashley Hernandez, Federal Ombudsman, Health Insurance Consumer Assistance Program, New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Division of Insurance, ashleyd.hernendez@state.nm.us  505-827-4465

Elaine Baumgartel was KUNM's News Director from 2013 to 2019. She was local Morning Edition host from 2007 through 2012 and she regularly hosted the station's live news and public affairs show for some years. Elaine originally came on board at KUNM as a volunteer and student employee in 2003.