ACA start date brings modest patient load rise for NM providers
Low enrollment in the federal exchange means New Mexico health care systems will see only a modest uptick in patient load when ACA implementation begins on January 1. Lovelace Health System officials say the start will be anticlimactic and ER wait times should stay stable outside routine fluctuations as insurers prepare for March 31 enrollment deadlines. Roswell and La Casa Family Health Center locations are hiring to prepare for insured influx by adding physicians and providers by March.
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Lovelace Health Plan Leaves New Mexico Exchange
ALBUQUERQUE AP Lovelace Health Plan has been removed from the New Mexico small business and federal individual exchanges. Superintendent John Franchini says it was taken off the state exchange on December 19 and off the federal exchange on December 21. The plan is being sold to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico and federal regulators are expected to approve the sale by year end.
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Pope Francis Issues Christmas Urbi Et Orbi Appeal
The pope offers wishes for a better world from St. Peter’s Basilica, calling for protection of Christians under attack, aid for refugees, and peace in the Middle East and Africa. He cites Syria Iraq Nigeria and South Sudan and prays for Israelis and Palestinians to find favorable peace talks.
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Immigrants remake Little Chihuahua in Santa Fe
In Santa Fe's south side a neighborhood nicknamed Little Chihuahua flourishes with restaurants and shops run by immigrants from Chihuahua Mexico. Patrons enjoy banda music and Mexican dishes as families adapt to life in a new home while immigration debates ripple nationally.
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Ice storm leaves thousands across US and Canada without power
Utility crews from Maine to Michigan and into Canada worked to restore power after the weekend ice storm. Families sheltered on Christmas Day as frigid weather kept ice on lines and branches. Residents like Ashley Walter and her husband Jacob stayed in a school shelter with their infant Leah while crews faced snow and wind to reach remote areas.
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