by Jen Schroer | May 29, 2025 | Built to Break, Myth-Busting
Myth-Busting: We Don’t Have an Ownership Crisis. We Have an Access Crisis. It’s easy to point fingers in a healthcare crisis. And right now, private ownership of hospitals is being painted as the villain in New Mexico’s access-to-care emergency. But here’s the truth:...
by Jen Schroer | May 29, 2025 | Built to Break
Solving New Mexico’s Health Care Workforce Crisis New Mexico is facing a full-blown health care workforce crisis. From long wait times and clinic closures to dangerous gaps in maternity and emergency care, the state’s shortage of doctors, nurses, and allied...
by Jen Schroer | May 29, 2025 | Patients in Peril
Forced to Flee: A 10-Year-Old’s Journey for Care Out of State A 10-year-old boy from Roswell, NM, showed signs of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The condition, if left untreated, could cause lifelong disability. His doctor acted quickly and referred him to a pediatric...
by Jen Schroer | May 29, 2025 | Patients in Peril
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...
by Jen Schroer | May 29, 2025 | Patients in Peril
The Price of Delay: A Doctor’s Battle to Save a Patient’s Foot In May 2023, a patient walked into a New Mexico clinic in agony—pain radiating down his leg, a 10 out of 10. His doctor knew right away: this was serious. He had profound foot drop and neurological...
