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Healthcare

If you paid into New Mexico Retiree Health Care Authority (NMRHCA) during your employment and you have questions regarding your health or life insurance benefits, please contact New Mexico Retiree Health Care Authority 1(800) 233-2576.

NMERB does not administer health or life insurance benefits and cannot assist you with your questions on these topics.

Useful Websites

*NMERB does not maintain or endorse these websites

Title	Description	Format
Medicare Online	The official U.S. government site for Medicare information. Learn more about Medicare, Medicare plan choices, nursing homes, helpful contacts, publications, and fraud and abuse. Also, search and compare information on health plans, nursing homes, etc.	WEB
Rx Outreach	Rx Outreach is a new Patient Assistance Program developed by Express Scripts Specialty Distribution Services, Inc. (ESSDS). The program provides qualified low-income individuals and families with access to generic versions of brand name medications.	WEB
Needymeds	A patient assistance programs which provide no cost prescription medications to eligible participants.	WEB
New Mexico Department of Veteran Affairs		WEB
Veterans Benefits	The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs web site provides information about programs for senior veterans, benefits, facilities, and enrollment information.	WEB
National Council for Aging Care	The Administration on Aging is the federal focal point and advocacy agency for older persons.	WEB

Federal Government Health & Health Care-Related Web Sites:

*NMERB does not maintain or endorse these websites

Title	Description	Format
Healthfinder	A gateway site to help consumers find health and human services information quickly. Healthfinder includes links to more than 1,250 Web sites, including more than 250 federal sites and 1,000 state, local, not- for-profit, university and other consumer health resources.	WEB
MEDLINEplus	A service of the National Library of Medicine, provides a rich array of evaluated health and disease-related web resources for the consumer.	WEB
NIH Health Information Page	Provides a single access point to the consumer health information resources of the National Institutes of Health, including the NIH Health Information Index, NIH publications and clearinghouses and the Combined Health Information Database.	WEB
PubMed	A service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960’s and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources. MEDLINE is the world’s most extensive collection of published medical information, coordinated by the National Library of Medicine.	WEB