NM governor candidate Haaland plans to ‘work toward’ public health care, fight Trump Medicaid cuts

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: April 1, 2026

Words: 663

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on Tuesday announced her gubernatorial campaign’s plans to tackle New Mexico’s troubled health care system, and said she plans to “work toward” a public option for insurance coverage.

New Mexico has the nation’s highest per-capita levels of Medicaid enrollment. Amid the Trump administration’s looming health care cuts, the state Legislature earlier this year passed a measure to put more money in the state’s Healthcare Affordability …

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