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Health Care: Richardson talks about the state's immunization ranking improving dramatically. The United Health Foundation's 2005 America's Health Rankings Report showed that 83.5 percent of New Mexico children between the ages of 19 and 35 months have all of the required immunizations. However, the same report ranked New Mexico 38th in terms of general health care and last place for prenatal health care. Less than 60 percent of pregnant women in New Mexico have access to adequate care, the report said, compared to the national average of 75 percent.
There are other troubling statistics about health care in New Mexico. The American College of Emergency Physicians rated New Mexico 43rd in the nation for emergency health care. Morgan Quitno Press, a Kansas-based research company, ranked New Mexico 49th in its 2006 list of "Most Healthy States."See the full content of this document
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Tracking Richardson's Record On the Issues
Education: Richardson pushed for the constitutional amendment to provide more money to schools by increasing the year...
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