NEW MEXICO (KRQE) –In response to looming federal funding cuts and changing qualification requirements for both Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the recent special session in New Mexico pumped nearly $66 million into the state's Health Care Authority (HCA) — the agency that oversees those programs. But officials say it's only the beginning of a long financial fight.

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