By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog
SANTA FE – Individual market premiums in New Mexico will increase 142 percent under the Affordable Care Act, a study by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research says.
Only Nevada will see a higher increase.
But another study, by the Rand Corp. released in late August, looked at different variables and [...]

By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog
SANTA FE — The advertising blitz from the New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange aimed at individuals looking to sign up for policies under the Affordable Care Act is on hold due to technical problems with the federal government’s website.
“We’re holding back on paid media until we know when the glitches at [...]

By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog
SANTA FE – It’s a tale of two websites when it comes to the rollout of the Affordable Care Act in New Mexico.
The New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange, tasked with signing up small businesses and their employees, appears to be running smoothly. But the federal site — healthcare.gov — [...]

By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange appears to have had a smooth roll-out, signing up small businesses and their employees as part of the Affordable Care Act.
But, as reported on New Mexico Watchdog, thousands of people in the state looking for information on individual policies have [...]

By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog
SANTA FE – After 10 days and with thousands of New Mexicans unable to log onto the federal website, state insurance officials have posted a static page, allowing people to at least get an idea about what Affordable Care Act options are available.
“For example, we’re putting up the rates [...]

By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog
It’s been a full week since the Affordable Care Act went into effect, yet New Mexico Watchdog — like millions of Americans and doubtless thousands in New Mexico— is still unable to create an account on www.healthcare.gov.
Tuesday morning, for the third time since the rollout began Oct. 1, N.M. [...]

By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog
SANTA FE – Dear readers, you may recall that on Tuesday — the first day of the rollout of the new health care law — I posted a story on my attempt to get information on what individual health care coverage I was eligible for here in New Mexico.
I [...]

By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog
SANTA FE — The potential success of the New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange that rolled out Tuesday is largely predicated on whether a significant number of young adults sign up.
But it’s an open question whether enough of them, which health care workers call “the young invincibles,” will take the [...]

By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog
SANTA FE – For years, New Mexico has suffered from a chronic shortage of doctors, especially in the rural communities of the state.
Now, with the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, plus the decision by Gov. Susana Martinez to approve Medicaid expansion and creation of state health care exchanges, [...]

By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog
ALBUQUERQUE – By the end of next year, New Mexico consumers will know whether the state health-care exchange is a success — or a failure.
So says the consumer advocate on the board of the New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange.
“It will not take long,” Dr. Deane Waldman told New Mexico [...]