WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) led New Mexico and Texas congressional Democrats in introducing the Protecting Home-Based Care for Rural Veterans Act, legislation to reverse the Trump administration's cuts (https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/heinrich-leads-nm-and-texas-colleagues-to-urge-trump-administration-to-reverse-rate-cuts-for-veterans-essential-homecare-services) to reimbursement rates for essential homecare services for veterans in New Mexico and Texas.
As of January 1, 2026, the reimbursement rate for veterans' homecare services fell by nearly 20 percent in New Mexico an...