One in 11 New Mexican adults struggle with medical debt, with demand for medical debt relief soaring following Republican tax law’s cuts to health care funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On February 12, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) re-introduced his Patient Debt Relief Act, a commonsense solution to help protect the one in 11 New Mexican adults who are burdened by medical debt after a health emergency.
Over 20 million people in the U.S. struggle with medical debt — including 140,000 New Mexicans — and a growing number of hardworking Americans are incurring medical debt due to rising health care costs triggered by Congressional Republicans’ cuts to programs like Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act enhanced…