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Candidates should support prescription drug affordability
James Jimenez, Santa Fe New Mexican
10/20/2022
The fall campaign season is here. This is when legislative and statewide candidates should start getting specific about solutions to the real problems New Mexicans face every day.
It’s no secret that rising prices on everything from housing to groceries are hurting families. One issue that should be top of mind for candidates to ease costs is improving access to affordable medications.
In August, Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act, authorizing Medicare to negotiate directly with drug companies to help lower some prescription drug prices. It is a step in the right direction, but New Mexico can, and should, do more to fill the gaps left by the federal legislation.
Read more in the Albuquerque Journal here.
Pin down candidates on prescription drug affordability
James Jimenez, Santa Fe New Mexican
10/15/2022
The fall campaign season is here. This is when legislative and statewide candidates should start getting specific about solutions to the real problems New Mexicans face every day.
It’s no secret that rising prices on everything from housing to groceries are hurting families. One issue that should be at the top of mind for candidates to ease costs is improving access to affordable medications.
In August, Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act, authorizing Medicare to negotiate directly with drug companies to help lower some prescription drug prices. It is a step in the right direction, but New Mexico can and should do more to fill in the gaps left by the federal legislation.
Read more in the Santa Fe New Mexican here.
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Tax cut pitch leads to
budget warning
Dan Boyd, Albuquerque Journal
10/20/2022
When it comes to Ronchetti’s plan, however, some Democrats say the tax cuts would go too far.
James Jimenez, a former state budget official who is current executive director of the New Mexico Voices for Children Action Fund, a group that has opposed broad tax cuts, said spending cuts would be inevitable under Ronchetti’s plan.
“Slashing income and increasing spending, as all families know, inevitably leads to financial instability,” Jimenez said in a recent analysis.
He also said Ronchetti’s proposals would not allow for increased spending on New Mexico’s behavioral health system, affordable housing and child care assistance.
Read more in the Albuquerque Journal here.
