1. Support the New Mexico Health Security Act, which enables New Mexico to set up our own health plan,
automatically covering the majority of New Mexicans with comprehensive coverage and freedom of choice of
provider; and
2. Support health care through a federal, single-payer, government-sponsored health care program like Medicare for
All, which includes behavioral health, dental, vision, and hearing coverage, as well as alternative health care; and
3. Pass policies that allow the negotiation of prices with hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, and pharmaceutical
companies; and
4. Improve preventive care by promoting physical activity and healthy living and improving access to fresh and
nutritious foods; and
5. Pass strict laws to control drug prices; for example, ending delays that keep generic drugs off the market and
prevent the purchase of appropriate drugs from other countries; and
6. Decriminalize the medical condition known as addiction; and
7. Restore and expand access to drug- and alcohol-addiction treatment services, require coverage for those services
by insurance companies, and invest in evidence-based addiction recovery and prevention services to combat our
deadly opioid and methamphetamine crises; and
8. Strongly and unequivocally support the decision to have a child, including by ensuring a safe and healthy
pregnancy and childbirth, and by providing services during pregnancy and after the birth of a child, including
postpartum care and paid parental leave, affordable childcare, adoption, and social support services, as well as
protections against pregnancy discrimination; and
9. Support funding for Planned Parenthood and other providers that provide full and safe access to the entire
spectrum of health options, including safe and legal abortion; women’s cancer prevention, screening, and
treatment; and routine physical exams, vaccinations, and screenings for common health conditions; and
10. Treat behavioral health with the same importance, care, and resources with which we treat physical health.
Support a robust behavioral health care workforce and promote better integrated health, which includes behavioral
health and the destigmatization of patients who have received behavioral health treatment; and
11. Provide coverage for autism support services and lift the age limit and financial caps for treatment; and
12. Support allowing health care providers to decide on conditions treatable with medical cannabis; and
13. Support research into the use of experimental therapies (e.g., psilocybin, ketamine, MDMA, and LSD) in
behavioral health; and
14. Support fulfilling the federal government’s trust responsibility to fund all Indian Health Services; and
15. Offer incentives for highly qualified health care professionals to work in rural areas and lower-income
communities through increased pay, tax breaks, and access to free training and education. Empower members of
New Mexico’s communities to serve their communities after receiving health care education; and
16. Address the pay disparity between private and public health care providers; and
17. Support home health care services, particularly for the disabled, seniors, and elders on tribal land; and
18. Support policies and initiatives to provide the resources and training needed to make family caregiving more
feasible, affordable, and effective; and
19. Renew and expand our commitment to community healthcare workers (CHW), certified peer support workers
(CPSW), community health centers, community behavioral health and addiction treatment centers, family
planning centers, and school-based health centers;
20. Pursue public health policies addressing the link between poor health and poverty, unemployment, discrimination,
and housing instability; and
21. Deliver health care services to rural communities via visiting health care providers, providing free public
transportation to regional medical health care facilities, and delivering diagnostic services via telehealth; and