Implementation expected to line up with 2021 plan year open enrollment . . .

NM Hopes To Move On Medicaid Buy-In Next Year, Expects Premium Cuts

By Ariel Cohen / February 1, 2019 at 6:23 PM
New Mexico is pushing to have a Medicaid buy-in bill that could reduce premiums as much as 29 percent in place by the end of next year -- a move that could put the state on the map as the first to implement such a program. Politicians and advocacy groups in New Mexico, which has one of the highest uninsured rates in the country, expect the bill to pass in the 2019 legislative session and hope it will serve as...


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