News Article Las Cruces Sun "Living without health care: Medicaid expansion could be 'godsend' for uninsured"

Published in the Sunday Las Cruces Sun-News, this article highlights how Medicaid Expansion would help many New Mexicans who are currently living without health insurance. There is an important decision to be made soon: "Medicaid is the only optional part of federal health-care reform upheld by the nation's top court in June. The decision... is in the hands of Gov. Susana Martinez."
Yes, Governor. Say yes to Medicaid Expansion!
New Mexico needs this. Read these statistics from the New Mexico Health Policy Commission, 2011 State Physician Workforce Data Book and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as cited in the above article:
"— About a quarter of the state is uninsured, one of the highest rates in the nation.
— New Mexico ranks 49th out of 50 states for number of dentists per capita.
— New Mexico's current nursing shortage will almost triple to 2,800 by 2015.
— New Mexico has one of the oldest physician populations in the country"

"Living without health care: Medicaid expansion could be 'godsend' for uninsured" - by Deborah Busemeyer/New Mexico In Depth
Published in the Las Cruces Sun-News, January 6, 2013

http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_22321983/living-without-health-care-medicaid-expansion-could-be?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co