Dear Colleagues,

Every day, you witness the strain on New Mexico’s healthcare system. Long wait times, workforce shortages, physicians leaving the state, and patients falling through the cracks are part of your daily reality. You continue providing care in a system that often feels broken, all while staying committed to the people who rely on you.

 

You don’t need another report to explain what’s wrong. You live it. And you understand that without meaningful policy change, our ability to care for patients and support one another will continue to erode. Yet many patients do not understand why it takes months to get an appointment or why they must travel hundreds of miles for essential care.

 

To help close this gap in understanding, a new public education campaign has been launched by Patient-Led New Mexico, in partnership with the New Mexico Medical Society, New Mexico Hospital Association, Sacramento Mountains Foundation, and the Greater Albuquerque Medical Association. The effort is focused on helping New Mexicans understand the policy environment contributing to our state’s deepening healthcare crisis, including the loss of physicians and rising barriers to care.

 

Healing Policy for Healthcare. Together.

Patient-Led New Mexico is committed to ensuring that every New Mexican can access the timely, high-quality healthcare they deserve. This is not about politics. It is about patients. Patient-Led New Mexico brings together communities, providers, and leaders to create a healthcare system that works for everyone. That work begins with public education. 

 

As trusted healthcare professionals across New Mexico, your voice is essential to this mission.

 

About Patient-Led New Mexico

Patient-Led New Mexico is a nonpartisan education and advocacy initiative created in response to growing concerns about how state-level policy decisions are threatening healthcare access across the state. Our campaign is focused on raising public awareness, equipping providers with communication tools, and mobilizing stakeholders around actionable solutions.

 

Through clear messaging, community outreach, and clinical engagement, we aim to ensure that the realities facing New Mexico’s healthcare patients and workforce are fully understood—and urgently addressed.

 

Why It Matters

As medical doctors and patient advocates, we are guided to put patient well-being first, speak honestly about medical risks, and oppose any policy that compromises safety.

 

New Mexico continues to lose physicians, specialists, and healthcare providers at a time when our population’s needs are growing. Clinics are closing, hospitals are at risk for closure, workforce shortages are intensifying, and patients are experiencing longer wait times and reduced access to care.

 

These challenges are not simply the result of national trends. They are being shaped, and in many cases, worsened, by state-level policy decisions that directly affect provider retention, practice environments, and patient outcomes.

 

Now is the time to act. Patient-Led New Mexico was launched to educate the public, include providers at the center of public conversation, and push for thoughtful, sustainable reforms.

 

How to Get Involved

We invite you and your organization to join this growing movement by taking the following steps:

 

Follow and Share Us on Social Media
Stay informed and help amplify provider voices by connecting with us online and sharing our content:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patientlednm

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patient_lednm

X: https://x.com/Patient_LedNM

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/patientlednm

 

Visit the Website and Sign Up for Updates
Learn more about the campaign, explore emerging issues, and sign up to receive updates as new resources become available. 

Visit: www.PatientLedNM.org

 

Share Your Experience

As medical professionals, we are guided to put patient well-being first, speak honestly about medical risks, and oppose any policy that compromises safety. We invite you to share your story from the front lines. Your voice helps illuminate the realities facing providers and patients across New Mexico.

Visit: www.PatientLedNM.org

 

Join Us

Your medical practice is a trusted source of care and information. Your leadership can help elevate the voice of New Mexico’s providers and protect access for the patients we serve.

We hope you will join us in advancing this shared mission—so that every New Mexican, in every community, can access the care they deserve.

 

Sincerely,

Annie Jung

New Mexico Medical Society

 

Troy Clark

New Mexico Hospital Association

 

Jason Espinoza

Greater Albuquerque Medical Association

 

John Wheeler

Sacramento Mountains Foundation