Kelsey McCowan Heilman

Former Staff Attorney, New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty

Areas of Expertise:

Health Care

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About Kelsey

Kelsey’s work at the Center on Law and Poverty has focused on healthcare reform implementation in New Mexico. She is a leader in the New Mexico Health Care for All Coalition and is the former co-chair of the Consumer Stakeholder Advisory Group to the New Mexico Office of Health Care Reform. Primary research and advocacy efforts have focused on the Medicaid Expansion in New Mexico; Health Insurance Exchange implementation (especially as it relates to coordination with Medicaid); and affordability of coverage low-income adults in the Exchange.

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Contributions

Why Health Reform Needs a Unified Approach to Outreach

Basic Facts Brief, June 2013

How to Make Sure Health Reform Offers Affordable Insurance to All Low Income Families

Basic Facts Brief, April 2013

In the News

Research discussed by Bryant Furlow, in "Grant Application Reveals Tension over Health Exchange," New Mexico In Depth, June 15, 2013.

Opinion: "New Mexico Says “Yes” to the Medicaid Expansion – And Now the Real Work Begins," Kelsey McCowan Heilman (with Nick Estes), Say Ahhh! Blog, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families, January 31, 2013.

Opinion: "Moving Forward on Medicaid Opportunity is the Right Thing to Do – A Partial Expansion Would Leave Too Many Behind," Kelsey McCowan Heilman, Say Ahhh! Blog, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families, December 7, 2012.

Opinion: "Accepting ACA’s Medicaid Extension Would Save New Mexico $500 Million and Create Healthier, More Prosperous Communities," Kelsey McCowan Heilman, Say Ahhh! Blog, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families, December 5, 2012.

Opinion: "Medicaid Deal Too Important to Pass Up," Kelsey McCowan Heilman, Albuquerque Journal, October 5, 2012.

Guest on KUNM’s Women’s Health Today, June 22, 2012.

Publications

"The Basic Health Program in New Mexico: SM 54/HM 38 Report for New Mexico’s Legislative Finance Committee", New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, October 2012.

Examines the affordability of coverage in the Health Insurance Exchange for adults with incomes between 138% and 200% of the Federal Poverty Level and evaluates the potential of a Basic Health Program to improve affordability and quality of coverage for this low-income population.

"The Medicaid Opportunity in New Mexico", New Mexico Public Health Association, September 2012.

Looks at the benefits to New Mexico of expanding Medicaid pursuant to the Affordable Care Act by analyzing state general fund costs and benefits, economic development and workforce issues, and potential impact on health and economic security of low-income families.

"Health Benefit Exchange in New Mexico", Con Alma Collaborative Blueprint 4 Health, August 2011.

Makes recommendations for the development of a strong, consumer-focused Health Insurance Exchange in New Mexico.