/tags/kari-armijo Kari Armijo en-US Copyright Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:36:56 GMT /NM-New-Mexico-HCA-health-care-authority-trying-to-cover-federal-SNAP-food-stamp-reductions-cuts Federal cuts to food assistance through the budget reconciliation bill, better known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” put more than 450,000 New Mexicans at risk seeing their benefits drop by more than 20%, or losing their assistance altogether. But, state officials say they’ll do everything they can to fill gaps left by those federal cuts. Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:36:56 GMT /NM-New-Mexico-HCA-health-care-authority-trying-to-cover-federal-SNAP-food-stamp-reductions-cuts Daniel Montaño /public-health-new-mexico/2025-06-27/nm-backslides-in-behavioral-healthcare-rankings-despite-increased-access-more-providers-and-better-funding New Mexico’s Health Care Authority Secretary Kari Armijo presented an update on the state’s access to both physical and behavioral health care at a Legislative Finance Committee meeting in Taos on Wednesday. Despite an increase in the number of behavioral health providers and greater patient utilization, the state is seeing worse outcomes in a few areas. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:34:19 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2025-06-27/nm-backslides-in-behavioral-healthcare-rankings-despite-increased-access-more-providers-and-better-funding Daniel Montaño /NM-New-Mexico-HCA-health-care-authority-new-budget-3-billion-dollars-more-for-second-year-2026 In Santa Fe, state agencies galore made their case for a piece of the state’s expanding general fund this week as they presented budget requests. ��ɫ��’s Daniel Montaño reports the state’s newest agency pitched a second year budget $3.1 billion more than its first year’s Fri, 13 Dec 2024 21:42:51 GMT /NM-New-Mexico-HCA-health-care-authority-new-budget-3-billion-dollars-more-for-second-year-2026 Daniel Montaño