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At least a few years back, the Urgent Care Center (this is different from the ER) at Northside Presbyterian Hospital was open 24x365. A quick Google indicates that this is still the case.

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So apparently obamacare has struck in New Mexico.

FWIW, Obamacare (ACA) has plenty of problems, but it has increased availability of "urgent care centers", as it has increased their insured customer base.

This is one reason why congressional Republicans are now leaning toward immediate "repeal" with a several year long delay in the actual cutoff and slow-walking replacement in the meantime while they work out an alternative: an immediate cut-off would likely result in the closing of a significant number of hospitals and urgent care centers, and poor and rural areas would be the hardest hit. (If you want to keep them open, they have to be subsidized either directly or via subsidising individual insurance premiums.)

And it's not practical to just let then close, in many rural areas there are no nearby alternatives.

At least a few years back, the Urgent Care Center (this is different from the ER) at Northside Presbyterian Hospital was open 24x365. A quick Google indicates that this is still the case.

This is NOT TRUE. I Googled Northside Presbyterian Hospital and the hours of the urgent care facility there are: Hours: Mon - Fri: 7 am - 6 pm Sat - Sun: 7 am - 4 pm Holidays*: 7 am - 4 pm

That is quite a far cry from 24/365. Where are you getting your information from?

FWIW, Obamacare (ACA) has plenty of problems, but it has increased availability of "urgent care centers", as it has increased their insured customer base.

It has NOT increased availability of "urgent care centers" here in Albuquerque. It has decreased the hours available from 24 a day to just 9 or 10. That is a decrease of over 50%. So please do not spout your liberal propaganda to me.