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New Mexico Considers Joining Interstate Medical Compacts for Better Access
9/26/2025
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- New Mexico weighs joining interstate medical compacts to expand health care access; lawmakers will decide.
- The compacts would let doctors treat patients across state lines without full re-licensing.
- New Mexico already participates in a multistate nursing compact, showing cross-state alignment.
- Health leaders urge joining additional medical compacts to broaden access to specialty providers, even as lawmakers debate timing.
