As New Mexico grapples with a shortage of physicians, lawmakers have voiced frustration over what they describe as a broken health care system in the state.

Doctors themselves have sounded the alarm, some advocating for medical malpractice reform and others taking to social media to amplify the urgency of the situation.

Now, patients will be handed the microphone.

Newly formed nonprofit Patient-Led NM, which emphasizes the importance of patient stories in driving policy change, is holding a series of summits across New Mexico to elevate their voices.

"The reason that our environment in New Mexico is not conducive to health care right now is the policy decisions that have been made," Annie Jung, executive director of the New Mexico Medical Society, one of the nonprofit's founders, said

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