Health Care & Wellness

When I meet with communities across our state, one of the top concerns I hear about is the rising cost of health care. That’s why I’m focused on improving access to affordable, quality health care for all New Mexicans. 

As a proud supporter of the Affordable Care Act, I know prevention and early intervention are cost effective and lead to healthier families.  Health insurance, prevention, and value for your health care dollars are at the heart of the health reform law.

As a result of the Affordable Care Act, young people can stay on their parents' health care until age 26, insurance companies are required to spend more of your premium dollars on care, and millions of Americans enjoy preventive services like screenings for cancer and diabetes without cost-sharing. And soon, insurance companies will be barred from refusing coverage to any American due to pre-existing conditions. The Affordable Care Act also makes Medicare stronger by adding new benefits, fighting fraud, cutting costs, and improving care for patients.

Latest

  • Heinrich Announces Rural Health Care Listening Tour

    U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced a multi-day rural health care listening tour to meet with medical professionals and discuss tele-health for veterans, recruiting and retaining staff, and other issues facing New Mexico's growing health care industry. Beginning Monday, November 7, he will tour the Guadalupe County Hospital, a new Veterans Tele-Health Clinic in Mosquero, the Union County Hospital, and the Miners' Colfax Medical Center, and convene listening sessions to hear from providers, community leaders, clinic administrators, public health officials and other stakeholders. Read More

  • Heinrich Staff to Hold Mobile Office Hours at Mosquero At Harding County Health Fair

    SANTA FE, N.M. - In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff will hold Mobile Office Hours in Mosquero on Tuesday, November 1, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Harding County Health Council's 10th Annual Fall Health Fair at Mosquero Municipal Schools. Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social Security benefits, Medicare, immigration, veterans benefits, student loans, and other federal programs. All are encouraged to attend. Read More

  • Udall, Heinrich, Luján Announce More than $300,000 for DreamTree Project Emergency Youth Shelter in Taos

    WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján announced $300,753 to support the DreamTree Project's Emergency Youth Shelter in Taos and outreach efforts throughout Northern New Mexico. The funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, which offers grants designated to promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals and communities. The two grants awarded to DreamTree Project, which are renewable for three years, will support an emergency shelter for youth ages 12 to 17 who need a safe place to stay, and outreach to youth ages 12 to 21 in Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, Taos and Union counties who are in need of shelter and housing, including youth who are victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking.  Read More

  • Udall, Heinrich Announce Workplace Safety and Health Training Grant for New Mexico Direct Caregivers Coalition

    WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that the New Mexico Direct Caregivers Coalition will receive $159,778 to provide workplace health and safety training and education for home health care workers and caregivers. The grant was awarded through the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Susan Harwood Developmental Capacity Building Grant Program. The New Mexico Direct Caregivers Coalition will use the awarded funding to design and implement a participatory, learner-centered health and safety program. The training will be provided in English and Spanish for home care workers, home health aides and personal care aides who provide in-home care for older adults and people with disabilities. It will be designed specifically for workers with lower levels of literacy and English language proficiency, and will cover topics including worker rights and employee responsibilities, infection control and ergonomics. Read More

  • VIDEO: Heinrich, Collins Unveil Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act

    Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) spoke on the Senate Floor to unveil S. 3458, the Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act, a bill they introduced to increase opportunities for families living in poverty. The bipartisan bill aligns and links existing systems and funding streams to target both parents and children with support aimed at increasing economic security, educational success, social capital, and the health and wellbeing of whole families. Read More

  • Heinrich, Collins Introduce Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act

    Today U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the bipartisan Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act to increase opportunities for families living in poverty. The bill aligns and links existing systems and funding streams to target both parents and children with support aimed at increasing economic security, educational success, social capital, and the health and wellbeing of whole families. Read More

  • Udall, Heinrich, Luján, Lujan Grisham Call on FDA to Expedite EpiPen Alternatives

    WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to do everything possible to provide options for families struggling to afford the EpiPen Auto-Injector for the emergency treatment of a life-threatening allergic reaction, including carefully expediting the approval process for alternatives. Many people - including school children — who suffer from severe allergies use the EpiPen product to deliver a life-saving dose of epinephrine, but the price of the medication has risen exorbitantly in recent years. In a letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, the lawmakers expressed their concern that steep price increases since the company Mylan purchased EpiPen in 2007 may put it out of reach for many New Mexico families and others. Read More

  • Udall, Heinrich Pass Bipartisan Measure to Expedite Gold King Mine Spill Recovery

    WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that their bipartisan measure to speed up reimbursements to Tribal, local and state governments for the costs they incurred responding to the Gold King Mine spill has passed the Senate as an amendment to the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). The measure will expedite the process of reimbursing governments, which spent millions of dollars responding to the devastating Aug. 5, 2015, spill. It also emphasizes to the EPA that it must move faster to respond to the claims from famers and other individuals who were harmed by the disaster. Read More

  • Udall, Heinrich, Luján Applaud ‘Superfund' Designation for Gold King Mine District

    WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján welcomed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to add the Bonita Peak Mining District in Colorado's San Juan County - home to the Gold King Mine - to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. The lawmakers have pressed the EPA to support designating the Gold King Mine as a Superfund site since a blowout last August released toxic wastewater into the Animas and San Juan rivers in New Mexico and Colorado. The three also are backing legislation in the Senate and House to clean up similar abandoned mines across the West. Read More

  • Udall, Heinrich Welcome Over $2.6 Million in Funding to Help NM Communities Treat and Prevent Prescription Drug Addiction

    WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that New Mexico will receive $2,604,223 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to improve access to potentially life-saving treatment and prevention programs for people addicted to prescription opioids. In 2014, New Mexico had the second-highest rate of drug overdose deaths in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Udall and Heinrich have strongly urged Congress to provide funding and support to help communities treat and prevent prescription opioid drug abuse.  Read More