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NM’s rural hospitals running on life support (Abq. Jour.)

NM’s rural hospitals running on life support

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A state Senate committee hopes to receive compromise legislation as early as today designed to direct tens of millions of tax dollars to shore up finances at New Mexico’s rural hospitals, including four or five that could be on the brink of closing.

The Senate Public Affairs Committee on Sunday directed hospitals, Human Services Department officials and county representatives to come up with compromise legislation that would be presented today to replace three funding bills the committee tabled.

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