Exhibition display at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton featuring an ornate red dress with elaborate embroidery. Text on the wall reads "The Red Dress." The dress is displayed on a black mannequin.

For anyone unfamiliar with The Red Dress (originally called “Barocco”), it’s an embroidery project that had people (mostly women) from all over the world, contribute embroidery and sewing to create a dress (“380 embroiderers, 51 countries”) if you want one garment to represent a snapshot of…

This looks like it required an army of embroiderers.

Omfg 😍

Laura Tandeske has been embroidering for 40+ years specializing in Surface Embroidery. She studied Fine Art at California State University East Bay, and embroidery with the Embroiderers Guild of America and San Francisco School of Needlework and Design.

#LauraTandeske has been #embroidering for 40+ years specializing in Surface Embroidery. She studied Fine Art at California State University East Bay, and embroidery with the Embroiderers Guild of America and San Francisco School of Needlework and Design.

AARP disagrees with the idea that its the malpractice suits turning away doctors, like we are seeing in New Mexico, but rather the low compensation rates insurance companies are paying for their services

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Lawmakers eye medical malpractice measure intended to trim attorney fees In the final weeks of this year’s legislative session, lawmakers confronted with a chronic shortage of health care providers in New Mexico are poised to consider major changes to the

'The unifying theme of all three components of the bill is to ensure that patients are made whole and also improve the health care system,' said Fred Nathan, executive director of Think New Mexico."
The Albuquerque Journal profiles Senate Bill 176. #nmleg #nmpol
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Reform the medical malpractice system to address the doctor shortage New Mexico’s lawyer-centered medical malpractice system, with no statutory caps on attorney’s fees or punitive damages and one of the lowest standards in the country for awarding punitive damages, is

"It is time to reform a malpractice system that benefits wealthy, often out-of-state attorneys at the expense of New Mexicans who cannot get in to see a doctor."
SB 176 is scheduled to be in committee this week. Please contact your legislators in support! #nmleg
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Amid federal uncertainty, bill creating new state Medicaid trust fund passes Senate SANTA FE — With New Mexico staring at the possibility of a dip in federal funds, state lawmakers are advancing a bill creating a new trust fund to help pay

Yesterday, the Senate voted 37-0 on Wednesday to approve our bill, Senate Bill 88! This bill would help increase reimbursement rates for our health care workers who treat patients insured under Medicaid. #nmleg #nmpol
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Bills to address healthcare shortages await committee hearings • Source New Mexico Out of the 10 major interstate medical licensure compacts established in the U.S., New Mexico only participates in one, but lawmakers hope to add more in order to address healthcare staffing shortages...

“This is the single most impactful thing the Legislature can do to address the medical shortage in the near term,” Think New Mexico Executive Director Fred Nathan told Source NM.
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COLUMN: New Mexico’s failure to join interstate compacts reduces access to healthcare Nearly every New Mexican has experienced the harmful effects of our state’s worsening health care worker shortage, from struggling to find a doctor to waiting months for urgently needed care.

"The fact that New Mexico does not participate in any of these nine major compacts puts our state at a serious competitive disadvantage in attracting doctors and other healthcare workers." #nmleg #nmpol
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A quick update on the compacts: HB 243, the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, was passed through the House floor 58-0! This is the fifth compact to pass the House unanimously. #nmleg #nmpol

Senate Bill 176 works to create a more balanced medical malpractice system that centers on patients rather than their attorneys. It will receive its first committee hearing today in Senate Health and Public Affairs.

Target 7: Healthcare crisis surrounding physician shortage New Mexico continues to deal with a healthcare crisis due to a physician shortage. According to the Physicians Advocacy Institute, in five years New Mexico lost 248 practicing physicians.

"The goal in all that we do... should be to put the patient first, and that is what 176 does," please check out @koat7.bsky.social story outlining our plan to shorten wait times and improve the health care system for doctors and patients through Senate Bill 176. #nmleg
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We are proud to announce that SB 176 now has 20 sponsors, 10 Democrat and 10 Republican, from both the Senate and the House!
Sherry Robinson presents testimony highlighting the need for common sense medical malpractice reform like those in SB 176. #nmleg #nmpol
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HB 81, the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact, has just passed the House floor on a 64-0 vote! Thank you to the members of the House and the bill's sponsors (Reps. Thomson, Jones, and Armstrong) who voted "yes" to more OTs coming into the state to help with our shortage! #nmleg #nmpol

Exciting news: our bills to repeal New Mexico's tax on medical services passed their first committees! SB 295 & HB 344 would put a permanent end to gross receipts tax on medical procedures. New Mexico is one of two states to impose such a tax. #nmleg #nmpol

Exciting news: HBs 79, 81, and 82 have unanimously passed the House Judiciary Committee! These bills would make it easier for audiologists, occupational therapists, and physical therapists licensed in other states to care for NM patients. #nmleg #nmpol

HB8, public safety package passed the House floor! HB8 is the result of months of work and combines several smart, well-vetted & bipartisan public safety measures. This is a strong first step this session toward making New Mexico safer for all.

For the zoom links to participate virtually in any given New Nexico House or Senate committee hearing, please visit the legislative website: www.nmlegis.gov/Calendar/Ses.... Recordings are posted very shortly after the hearings.

Track the bills prioritized by AAUW-NM at nmlegis.edsantiago.com/aauw/

“Every dollar that goes to an attorney is a dollar that does not go to an injured patient.”
KRQE takes a look at Senate Bill 176, our bill reforming New Mexico's medical malpractice system.
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Exciting news: HB 242 (Psychology Compact) and HB 243 (Physicians Compact) both passed the House Health Committee unanimously! These two will next be heard in House Judiciary, where three compacts (HBs 79, 81, and 82) will be heard tomorrow! #nmleg #nmpol

Paying out-of-pocket: N.M.'s thorny medical malpractice system explained Lawmakers are proposing reforming medical malpractice, which they say would make it easier to recruit and retain doctors.

“The reason we’re focused on this medical malpractice bill is we hope ... to change the medical malpractice system from a lawyer-centered system to a patient- and safety-centered system.” @thenewmexican.bsky.social highlights Senate Bill 176. #nmleg #nmpol
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