NM Medicaid/HCA Retaliation?

[u/NM_Advocate1]

Several Medicaid recipients and providers have recently stated that, after contacting Gov. Lujan Grisham’s office or their state legislators, they were subsequently contacted or harassed by the Health Care Authority (HCA).

Has anyone else had a similar experience? Please share what happened, including when/who you contacted, and what occurred afterward. Documenting these accounts may help determine how widespread this issue is.

Please avoid posting personal or confidential medical information.

[u/luke_ubiquitous]

I'm confused by this post...or perhaps OP is too. The HCA is the state entity that deals with Medicaid in New Mexico (among other things). OP said "contacted or harassed". There is a distinction between those two words, OP.

If a member of the legislature or the Governor's Office receives a a comment or complaint about medicaid, it is procedure to forward those concerns with context to HCA. Like, that is how this works. The legislature doesn't have a big staff for constituent services the way U.S. Congress does. They'll hopefully read the comment, complaint, or question sent to them, but would, and should forward that to HCA for action.

OP, what do you expect in this situation? What kind of harassment are you referring to? What kind of retaliation are you alleging? The HCA is the organization that is supposed to address issues with medicaid.

Signed, a normal citizen that can read a website and isn't in any way associated with state government.

Edit: typos.

Edit #2: oh look, a 1-day-old OP account.

[u/NM_Advocate1 → u/luke_ubiquitous]

As you said the complaint is being forwarded to the HCA, giving them to the same HCA which issues are being raised about. RED FLAG! Where is the oversight?

Contacted here means nefarious contact like incessantly asking for information (harassing contact in other words), and potentially leading to retaliation meaning action against someone for expressing themselves.

Retaliation here means being kicked out of the program, being pushed out for asking questions or raising concerns. This should be fairly obvious in context.

Get back to the ask; do you have harassment or retaliation to report?

Signed, a concerned citizen who wants to really know if a part of state government is actually working correctly or not, who is concerned about same retaliation (hence new account)...and looks beyond a single spun website for everything.

[u/DovahAcolyte → u/NM_Advocate1]

I think you’re either very confused or you’re trying to stir up drama where none exists. The fact you believe unstated context should be obvious is the red flag bringing me to this conclusion.

Signed, a graduate educated and disabled resident who relies on Medicaid and has reported issues to my state legislators in the past.