Monthly Archives: January 2025

A donation-free start to the year

The anti-donation season has started in New Mexico. What a great way to start a new year! Starting January 1, leading up to the legislative session, New Mexico law prohibits legislators, several other public officials, candidates for those offices and … Continue reading

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Will consumer protection be saved?

The patient was all set for surgery. The insurance company had approved the surgery and the patient was in the hospital’s administrative office to settle last-minute details. Two days before the surgery was scheduled, the hospital received a notice from … Continue reading

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Medicaid might get much better or a little worse

To review the obvious: Most of us could not afford the financial cost of serious illness or injury. We never know who’s going to be the unlucky one to become ill or injured. Health insurance was developed to share the … Continue reading

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Culture war issues take time and understanding

Some 30 years ago, around a Thanksgiving dinner table, a gentleman in my family stated this opinion: gay people should not be allowed to be schoolteachers because they wanted to recruit children into their way of life. The gentleman was … Continue reading

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