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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico signed 50 bills into law yesterday, including one that aims to protect low-income residents of the state from incurring medical debts by preventing healthcare providers from placing collection accounts or filing lawsuits against certain low-income individuals, according to a published report.   The …

A verbal altercation broke out on the New Mexico Senate floor yesterday, leading one Senator in favor of a bill aimed at preventing healthcare providers from placing collection accounts or filing lawsuits against certain low-income individuals to drop an F-bomb toward one of his compatriots who is opposing the bill …

A bill is advancing through the state legislature in New Mexico that would prevent healthcare providers from placing collection accounts or filing lawsuits against individuals who make less than 200% of the federal poverty level while also providing a private right of action should a patient want to sue for …