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 Launches Online Portal To Collect Health Care Stories From New Mexicans

    U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) launched a new tool on his website for New Mexicans to share their stories about the critical importance of having access to quality, affordable health care. The online portal will enable people across the state to share their experiences gaining access to health care and how repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will impact their lives. Read More

  • Treatment, rehabilitation needed to combat New Mexico’s opioid addiction crisis

    Addiction to prescription opioid pain relievers and heroin is a growing public health epidemic that's taking a heartbreaking toll on families and communities across the country. For years, without adequate treatment resources, communities in New Mexico have suffered through some of the highest rates of opioid and heroin addiction and overdose deaths in the nation. Read More

  • Udall, Heinrich Announce $10.9 Million in Grants to Help NM End Homelessness

    WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich welcomed $10.9 million in U.S. Housing and Urban Development grants to help New Mexico families, veterans and individuals experiencing homelessness. The grants will go to communities across the state, including five new organizations and four others that did not receive funding last year. The total represents an increase of about $500,000 over last year for Continuum of Care programs. Read More

  • Heinrich To Volunteer at Roadrunner Food Bank And Highlight New Resources To Fight Opioid Epidemic

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M), will be at in Albuquerque today, Wednesday, December 21, to volunteer at the Roadrunner Food Bank and highlight the passage of the 21st Century Cures Act, which provides critically needed new resources for New Mexico and other states struggling to treat and prevent the growing prescription opioid abuse epidemic.  Read More

  • Udall, Heinrich Welcome Critical Funding to Combat Opioid Epidemic in New Mexico

    Washington - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined the Senate in voting 94-5 for a bill that includes critically needed new resources for New Mexico and other states struggling to treat and prevent the growing prescription opioid abuse epidemic. The funding was included in bipartisan health care legislation called the 21st Century Cures Act and now will be sent to the president's desk to be signed into law. Read More

  • Udall, Heinrich Urge Passage of Foster Care Reforms to Help Growing Number of Children Affected by Opioid Abuse Epidemic

    Washington - U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined 23 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to congressional leaders urging them to include strongly supported reforms to the foster care system in any end-of-year budget agreement. The Family First Prevention Services Act would allow states to use federal foster care funds to pay for programs that improve home life, such as mental health services and in-home parenting programs, which are crucial in light of the growing number of children in the foster care system whose families are affected by the opioid abuse epidemic and other substance abuse problems. The programs would enable more children to stay in their homes or with extended family and prevent children from being placed in group homes unnecessarily. Read More

  • Udall, Heinrich Announce $700,000 Grant to Help Doña Ana County Treat Chronic Mental Illness

    Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced a $700,000 grant awarded to Doña Ana County as part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) grant program to improve the health and social outcomes of individuals suffering from chronic mental illnesses. The AOT grants support pilot programs designed to reduce the incidence and duration of psychiatric hospitalization, homelessness, incarcerations and interactions with the criminal justice system for those suffering serious mental illness by improving outpatient treatment plans and allowing these individuals to remain with their families and in their communities while receiving treatment. Read More