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House passes memorial asking study on expanding health coverage for public higher-education employees
Summary
The New Mexico House approved House Memorial 4 requesting a legislative study of options to expand health insurance to public higher-education educators and graduate student employees, after lawmakers debated eligibility, costs and whether some students already qualify for Medicaid.
The New Mexico House voted to pass House Memorial 4, which requests the Legislative Finance Committee study options to expand health insurance access to public higher-education educators and graduate student employees.
Representative (speaker 12), who explained the memorial on the floor, said nearly 3,000 graduate workers statewide earn an average of under $23,000 a year and that 51% of graduate workers are people of color, arguing many lack employer-sponsored medical, dental or vision coverage. “We have nearly 3,000 graduate workers statewide with an average pay of under $23,000 a year,” the sponsor said…
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