Together with your support, partnership, consumer
activism and advocacy, this year we have:

• Defended Medicaid – including informing the public and officials about the importance of keeping the Medicaid budget intact and joining in advocacy to secure Medicaid for the incarcerated population as they leave the prison and jail system.
• Advocated for oral health access and affordability for the fourth year sponsoring legislation to license dental therapists. In the 2015 l this legislation passed the House for the first time.
• Participated in a dental therapist task force that brought Health Action NM, the NM Dental Association, NM Dental Hygienists Association, legislators together to work on a solution to NM's oral health crisis.  After an arduous negotiating process, an historic agreement was made with all parties to advance dental therapist legislation in NM. More later.
• Worked on enrollment in expanded Medicaid and exchange beWellNM. To date our statewide field team working with over 150 local partners has connected to enrollment nearly 5,000 uninsured rural, Hispanic and low income families including the border area. 
• Organized celebration of the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid and honored 20 health care champions across NM at our 20th Anniversary.
• Always, always, ensured that consumers and the consumer voice are at the table when decision makers are gathered regarding health care and its access and affordability. 
• And much, much more.