Issue Position: Healthcare

Issue Position

As a former Secretary of the Department of Health, Michelle is more prepared than anyone to step in and reverse the Martinez Administration's damage to our physical and behavioral health systems.

She will protect and strengthen Medicaid, fix our broken behavioral health system, and expand access to high-quality affordable care. Michelle supports cost-effective, innovative approaches to providing affordable, high-quality health care to all New Mexicans, including Medicaid buy-in and the New Mexico Health Security Act. She will also work to pool our state resources to negotiate lower drug prices and help reduce skyrocketing health care costs. Michelle will address our chronic health professional workforce shortages, particularly in our rural communities and support programs that recruit and sustain health care professionals who provide care to New Mexico's underserved communities.

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