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Podcast: New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)
Episode: Medical Malpractice Debate
Description: This episode, we wade into the debate over changing the state's medical malpractice laws. House Bill 99 would restrict how much money some people could collect in malpractice lawsuits. The highest-profile supporter of this bill is Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. In an interview with politics correspondent Gwyneth Doland, the governor makes her case for the bill and tells us what she meant when she told the Albuquerque Journal that she's not leaving office without the change.Karen Bateman's daughter Kelsey died in 2018 as a result of medical malpractice, leaving two young children behi...