New Mexico Considers Expanding Medicaid Enrollment After Containing Costs In Recent Years

... New Mexico Medicaid spending has been contained enough to ease eligibility rules, New Mexico Human Services Department Secretary Pam Hyde told state legislators last week, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports. State spending on Medicaid is expected to increase by 7%, or about $44 million, for the next fiscal year, compared with double-digit increases in recent years, Hyde said. [click link for full article] ...