How New Mexico Became an Obamacare Success Story
When Congress did not extend the Obamacare subsidies that had been in place since the pandemic, JennTara Ward faced an increased health insurance bill for her family that was more than their monthly mortgage payment and about five times what they paid last year.
Beginning this year, their monthly cost would have soared to about $3,000.
Ms. Ward, who owns a yoga and wellness business in Santa Fe, N.M., and her husband, an acupuncturist whose job does not include health insurance, were not sure what to do. Could their teenage son play sports if he didn’t have coverage? Should they move to another country? Maybe she could find a different job with an employer that did offer health insurance?
The options were not great. So they were relieved to discover that New Mexico had fully replaced the expired federal subsidies with state money, the only state to do so. Without the subsidies, an estimated 27,000 New Mexicans would have dropped their insurance. Instead, sign-ups have surged, with an additional 10,000 people now covered.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/health/obamacare-new-mexico-subsidies-states.html
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