Martinez Still Weighing Adding Another 170,000 to NM Medicaid Rolls

KRQE - Gov. Susana Martinez said she is undecided on whether she will decide to expand Medicaid health insurance coverage to poor people as called for in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul or if she will join other Republican governors in refusing to.
"It is going to be the administration at the end of the day that makes the final decision as to whether or not we are going to expand it and to what level," said Martinez.
The U.S. Supreme Court health care ruling last month said Washington cannot force states to expand Medicaid coverage to adults at 133 percent above the poverty line, or people who make less than $15,000 a year. In New Mexico, officials at the Human Services Department estimate that would make 170,000 more people eligible. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Martinez Still Weighing Adding Another 170,000 to NM Medicaid Rolls