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Why New Mexico Can’t Keep Its Doctors — And What We Can Do About It
New Mexico is facing one of the worst physician shortages in the country—hurting access to care, straining our healthcare system, and putting patients at risk. But the real crisis isn’t just how few doctors we have. It’s how few stay. Here’s what you need to know...
Myth-Busting: We Don’t Have an Ownership Crisis. We Have an Access Crisis.
Ownership isn’t the issue—access is. New Mexico’s healthcare crisis isn’t about who runs our hospitals. It’s about whether patients can actually get care. Here’s what’s really driving doctors out of the state—and what we can do to fix it.
Solving New Mexico’s Health Care Workforce Crisis
With nearly every county designated a Health Professional Shortage Area, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Without bold policy action, New Mexico risks losing even more providers to burnout, relocation, or early retirement—further deepening a crisis that already threatens patient outcomes.
Forced to Flee: A 10-Year-Old’s Journey for Care Out of State
When no pediatric rheumatologists were available in New Mexico, one family drove 900 miles so their child wouldn’t suffer permanent damage.
Preventable Amputation: A Nurse Practitioner’s Story of Loss
In rural New Mexico, a hardworking rancher lived with undiagnosed hypertension and diabetes. Like so many others, he couldn’t find a primary care provider. Long waits and limited access led him to delay care—until a foot injury sent him to the ER.
By then, it was too late.
The Price of Delay: A Doctor’s Battle to Save a Patient’s Foot
A New Mexico doctor fought for his patient through months of system delays—only to see a treatable condition become a lifelong disability.
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