With trust fund fever spreading at the Roundhouse, New Mexico's latest new fund could be targeted at the state's growing Medicaid budget. A bill filed by a bipartisan group of senators would earmark $300 million for a new health care trust fund,

The New Mexico legislature can only watch and wait for a formal resolution of the issues caused by a temporary federal funding freeze.

The office of New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that 26 rural healthcare providers will receive a combined $40.6 million from the Rural Health Care Delivery Fund, including

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth of Santa Fe said the spending plan ... and federal spending on health care in New Mexico — principally Medicaid — would increase by $3.3 billion ...