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Thursday, August 21, 2025Late September Is Targeted For Any Special Legislative Session, Say Sources; Would Session Include Medical Malpractice? Plus: More Horsing Around On The Campaign Trail Still up in the air is just what she would hope to accomplish or whether this would be a grandstanding gesture to pump up her numbers and those of her fellow Dems on the thorny issue of crime.. Also remaining uncertain is what kind of of deal she could strike, if any, before calling the 112 legislators lawmakers to the Roundhouse, While there is no guarantee that a special is in the cards September 25, a few days after the start of the fall season, that is the working date, says our Senior Gator who has consulted legislative sources. They way the media is a forming a bandwagon for medical malpractice insurance reform makes observers wonder if MLG would include it in a special, even though chances of passage are no better than most of her crime bills. The media is half right about the doctor shortage. Medical malpractice is a piece of the puzzle but there are larger pieces they are ignoring in the quest for a simple answer. They include quality of life issues in attracting physicians and the low rate of Medicaid reimbursements for the doctors. With nearly 40 percent of the state's population covered by Medicaid, that doesn't leave as many folks on private insurance that pay the doctors much better for their services. The ink-stained wretches are freaking out because trial lawyers formed a PAC to fight medical malpractice reform bills and were forced to disclose their donors and contributions by the State Ethics Commission. Good for the commission but demonizing the trial bar isn't going to get more doctors here or to stay here. We've reported hard and long over the stagnant population of this once growing state, the aging of that population and the fleeing of our best and brightest young people for greener pastures. See Monday's blog. Until this state really confronts the aforementioned social challenges and more, quality of life measures of all sorts are going to stay in the gutter--including the number of doctors and other professionals who have options about where they want to live and raise their families. HORSING AROUND
Mr Monahan, as per your great, humor filled blog Wednesday, it appears that Sam Bregman's trusty steed, who may or may not be motivating on an altered title, is nowhere nearly as articulate as Mr. Ed of early 1960's television fame if all he can do is neigh as indicated in your posting. (Does the full ad have the horse actually "talking"?) In any event, I recall then-PRC Chair Sandy Jones, during his run for NM Land Commissioner in 2010, cleverly brought out his family dog, and that four-legged critter did actually "speak" for his candidate. Sandy's daughter, Cristal, later told me that the trick to getting the canine to "mouth" words was to insert a large dollop of peanut butter in his mouth. Now that I ply my memory on the above Jones campaign ad, it seems to me that your blog actually awarded first place to that campaign ad that cycle. Good stuff, Mike. Sandy was quite the guy during his long stint in La Politica. Bregman's ad does not have Fuego talking but we think he still deserves a dollop of peanut butter for his writing efforts. Hey, maybe Sandy could send Fuego some of his favorite brand? This is the Home of New Mexico Politics. |
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