Medicaid Expansion up in first Committee Monday morning

Despite New Mexico already having a higher percentage of its population on Medicaid than any other state. Despite the program spending an insane $15.5 billion ANNUALLY. And, despite the likely unwillingness of the Trump Administration to pay for 70%+ of the expansion’s costs, New Mexico legislators are pushing a massive expansion of Medicaid this session. The bill is HB 186 and it is up in House Health Committee on Monday. 

RGF has a brief document describing further details of the plan.

HB 186 is rated -8 in the Foundation’s Freedom Index vote rating and tracking system.