SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Enrollment in Medicaid has increased by nearly 7% in New Mexico since the outset of the coronavirus pandemic as employers shed jobs and more families enter into poverty. In a briefing Friday to state legislators, Human Services Secretary David Scrase said an increase in federal Medicaid matching funds is inadequate to keep up with rebounding demand for medical services and could end abruptly. Also Friday, the state Supreme Court rejected without explanation a complaint by the governor’s office against Lea County Sheriff Corey Helton on accusations that his deputies coerced restaurants into opening in violation of a public health order.
Medicaid enrollment strains public finances in New Mexico
