Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull, a Republican candidate for the 2026 gubernatorial race, has outlined a comprehensive plan to address New Mexico's fragile health care system. His plan includes focusing on recruiting and retaining doctors, nurses, and health care professionals, addressing a shortage of physicians, particularly in rural and underserved areas, increasing wait times and costs, and leaving families with fewer choices. He also urges a regulatory and legal environment that encourages providers to practice in New Mexico, including reforming laws that increase liability exposure without improving patient outcomes. Hull's plan includes strengthening rural health care, stabilizing critical access hospitals, expanding telehealth, and ensuring state policy does not disproportionately burden smaller providers. Additionally, reducing unnecessary bureaucracy that inflates costs.