Santa фе, nm – Santa -NM (AP) -Law from New Mexico quickly moved on Thursday at a special legislative session to support funding for food assistance and health services in rural areas in response to the reduction of President Donald Trump for federal expenses for Medicaid and food programs.
The legislative body, under the leadership of the Democratic Party, sent bills to the governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, who includes more than 16 million US dollars to maintain food assistance in the framework of additional assistance in the field of food and additional funds to strengthen food banks, since the federal government is completing the reception for many ill -famous ones and changes for others.
“We need to act in order to make sure that the new Mexicans do not starve with the help of SNAP changes at the federal level,” said the Senator -Democratic state George Mugnos from Gallup.
Another $ 50 million will help to maintain medical services in rural medical clinics and hospitals, which are largely relying on Medicaid expenses.
Republicans in the legislative minority voted in unison against the provisions of expenses, claiming that major Medicaid changes are still far away, and that New Mexico should focus on reducing errors in the distribution of manuals.
At the same time, the democrats and some legislators of the Republican Party voted for overloading subsidies for medical insurance at an affordable healthcare exchange in New Mexico in case of federal loans. Federal subsidies are the main point Budget confrontation in Washington This caused the closure of the federal government on Wednesday.
In the press release, Lujan Grisham said that she would sign accounts to protect families from insurance and ensure the provision of medical services in small communities.
Many federal changes in healthcare, within the framework of Trump’s large bill, do not begin until 2027 or later, and the lawmakers -Democrats in New Mexico admitted that their bills are only a temporary bandage.
“Some of the most significant (federal) abbreviations are postponed for several years, and they are deeply significant,” said the member of the House of Representatives Nathan Small from Las Cruces, a sponsor of the expenses. “I want to make sure that we all think about not hundreds of millions, but about billions of dollars of abbreviated support for Medicaid to our state.”
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“These are temporary corrections,” said the speaker of the chamber of the democratic state, Javier Martinez. “These are insurmountable holes for any state to connect.”
Legislators from New Mexico approved the rapid injection of state expenses for food assistance through SNAP for elderly recipients.
Almost a quarter of New Mexico residents receive food assistance through Snap, which makes it the main line of protection against hunger.
Food banks receive a width of $ 8 million in direct state support in accordance with the bill. And $ 2 million are devoted to replenishment of food classes in universities and public schools.
The large bill of Trump expands the requirements for work and reporting for SNAP participants, ends the right to participate in many non -citizens and changes.
Trump's large bill allocates $ 50 billion in five years for rural hospitals, suppliers and clinics, but this may not compensate for significant reductions.
The bets are high in New Mexico, where about 38% of residents rely on Medicaid. And state lawmakers – Republicans and Democrats – warn about the healthcare crisis in rural areas, since New Mexico is trying to keep medical workers and keep clinics and hospitals open.
PET Woods Senator, Republican from sparsely populated eastern equins of the state, sponsored changes in rural healthcare grants intended to support existing medical services in rural clinics and hospitals. 64-3 votes of the chamber on Thursday sent a bill to the governor for consideration.
“We are trying to find a way to finance and keep some of these clinics open. What will happen in the future? Who the hell knows, ”Woods told the state lawmakers to the group. “What am I worried about is that these clinics and hospitals are open until there is dust.”
Legislators also voted to allocate $ 17 million so that the subsidies were not missed on the Law on the Available Medical Service of New Mexico.
This initiative will also extend insurance subsidies to residents of average income, whose income is equal or exceeds 400% of the federal poverty level-for example $ 128,000 a year for a family of four.
The Senator -Democratic state Carrie Hamblen from Las Currees said that insurance subsidies will help to avoid the “ideal storm of underestimation”, warning that growing insurance rates threaten to undermine participation in exchange and aggravate the situation.
Separately, legislators approved state funding for $ 6 million. The United States for state broadcasting stations, including $ 430,000 for five tribal stations, affected by the protection of the corporation for public broadcasting by Congress and Trump. The approved federal grants at the station for the current federal budget year were returned in accordance with the bill signed by Trump in July.
Another bill awaiting the signature of the governor will give the management in the field of healthcare in New Mexico wider decision-making bodies regarding the immunization of adults and children and state vaccines.
