By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog
SANTA FE — At least 63,900 people in New Mexico have been notified they’re going to have to change their individual health care policies — some must do it within a matter of months while others can wait until end of next year — according to a review by [...]

By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog
SANTA FE – Eight attempts, eight incompletions.
That’s not a statistical line for a struggling quarterback but rather the number of times New Mexico Watchdog has tried without success to log onto healthcare.gov since the Affordable Care Act was rolled out Oct. 1.
Sunday night and Monday morning, NM Watchdog tried [...]

By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog
SANTA FE – Both U.S. senators from New Mexico have joined a group of 10 Democratic colleagues in calling for an extension for people seeking health-care coverage on the troubled www.healthcare.gov website.
Sen. Tom Udall and Sen. Martin Heinrich co-signed a letter sent Friday to Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department [...]

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 – 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 [...]