New Mexico reconsiders subsidies to high-risk insurance pool

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The administration of New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is seeking to shift the state’s financial obligations for a group of 2,700 people with serious and expensive medical conditions onto the private health insurance market.
Legislation drafted by the administration in response to a state budget crisis would reduce tax credits and other subsidies that help underwrite New Mexico’s high-risk medical insurance pool for the chronically ill.
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