Under the Affordable Care Act, New Hampshire has the opportunity to accept federal funds to extend Medicaid to more NH families — improving the health of New Hampshire workers and taking pressure off employers, private insurance and medical providers. Visit here for regularly updated links and information.
Accepting federal funds to help New Hampshire families is important because:
- Hard-working families need the security of good health coverage to get lifesaving care when they need it without facing huge medical bills.
- We can save millions of dollars currently spent to treat people without insurance in our emergency rooms.
- If you or someone in your family lost a job, this coverage would be there while you got back on your feet.
- The federal government will pay 100 percent of the costs for the first three years and then phase down to 90 percent, where payments will remain under federal law.
Learn why it’s important to extend health protection to low income Granite Staters.
NHFPI Analyses, Testimonies, and Materials
An Overview of the 2014 Health Protection Program (Updated), April 3, 2014
Next Steps for the New Hampshire Health Protection Program, April 2, 2014
Medicaid Expansion in New Hampshire, Jan. 17, 2014
Fact Sheet: Impact of the Medicaid Expansion by Industry, Oct. 31, 2013
Fact Sheet: Medicaid Expansion By the Numbers, Sept. 26, 2013
Fact Sheet: Medicaid Expansion in NH, Aug. 31, 2013
Fact Sheet: NH’s Medicaid Program, July 15, 2013
Comparing Medicaid Expansion Proposals (Special Session), Nov. 14, 2013
Roy Proposal A Poor Alternative to Medicaid Expansion, Sept. 16, 2013
Arkansas Approach to the Medicaid Expansion: Premium Assistance, May 21, 2013
Presentation to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Oct. 8, 2013
Testimony of Deb Fournier, NHFPI Policy Analyst, before the Senate Finance Committee, May 9, 2013
Testimony of Deb Fournier, NHFPI Policy Analyst, before the House Finance Committee, Mar. 7, 2013
Recent NHFPI Common Cents Blog Posts
New Hampshire Moves Forward, Extends Affordable Health Coverage to 50,000 Low Income Residents, April 2, 2014
An Overview of SB 413: Extending Affordable Health Insurance to Low Income Residents, Feb. 14, 2014
Oregon Study No Reason to Change Course on Medicaid Expansion, Jan. 7, 2014
States that Expand Medicaid Ease Pressure on Their Budgets, Oct. 9, 2013
Troubling Health Trends Continue in New Hampshire, Sept. 18, 2013
Maine and Medicaid, Aug. 7, 2013
Coverage Canyon: What Happens if We Reject Medicaid Funds, June 7, 2013
Additional Resources
The ACA and Recent 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waivers,
The Kaiser Family Foundation, Feb. 2014
Medicaid Expansion Study Commission Web Site
New Hampshire Can’t Wait: Statement from New Hampshire nonprofits & businesses, June 4, 2013
Governor’s Commission on Medicaid Care Management endorses extending Medicaid, May 31, 2013
Letter from the NH Insurance Department to the House Finance Committee, March 22, 2013
Lewin Group Report – Part II, revised
Fact Sheet: An Overview of the Health Protection Program
Fact Sheet: An Overview of the Access to Health Coverage Act
Media on Medicaid
NH House approves Medicaid expansion; 202-132 vote sends plan to Gov. Hassan for signature
Nashua Telegraph, Mar. 26, 2014
N.H. Medicaid expansion bill passes House, goes to Governor
Concord Monitor, March 25, 2014
Lawmakers should say yes to Medicaid expansion
New Hampshire Business Review, Op Ed by Tess Stack Keunning, Feb. 7, 2014
Expanding Medicaid is right for NH
Laconia Citizen, Op Ed by Borja Alvarez De Toledo, Feb. 3, 2014
State should take Medicaid money
Nashua Telegraph, Op Ed by Deb Fournier, Feb. 1, 2014
Expanding Access to Health Coverage in NH
Foster’s, Op Ed by Scott Colby, Jan. 31, 2014
Medicaid expansion would provide postpartum help
Nashua Telegraph, Op Ed by Deborah McCarter-Spaulding, Jan. 19, 2014
Medicaid expansion is NH’s greatest opportunity
Foster’s, Op Ed by Abigail Shockley, Jan. 19, 2014
Look at Medicaid with fresh eyes, lawmakers
Concord Monitor, Letter to the Editor by Tess Stack Keunning, Jan. 18, 2014
Time to Quit Balking and Expand Medicaid in NH
Valley News, Editorial, Jan. 13, 2014
Medicaid Expansion Vote Puts Republicans on the Spot
Keene Sentinel, Editorial, Jan. 10, 2014
Medicaid expansion would help my staff, my child care business
New Hampshire Business Review, Op Ed by Patti Harford, Jan. 10, 2014
NH needs more resources for fighting substance abuse
Union Leader, Op Ed by Linda Saunders-Paquette, Jan. 8, 2014
Lawmakers Must Find a Way to Agree on Medicaid Expansion
Concord Monitor, Editorial, Jan. 5, 2014 (subscriber content)
Medicaid expansion: A prescription for better health
Keene Sentinel, Op Ed by Dick Chevrefils, Jan. 3, 2014
Not expanding Medicaid will cost NH
Union Leader, Op-Ed by Dr. Joseph Pepe, President and CEO, CMC Healthcare System, Dec. 31, 2013
No expansion strains access to mental health services
Foster’s, Op-Ed by Jay Couture and Phil Wyzik, Dec. 25, 2013
Expand Medicaid
Keene Sentinel, Editorial, Oct. 22, 2013
Rep. Cindy Rosenwald: We have a good, compromise plan for NH Medicaid expansion
Union Leader, Op Ed, Oct. 22, 2013
Medicaid commission signs off on recommendation to expand in NH
Nashua Telegraph, Oct. 16, 2013
Health Care Providers Weigh In on Medicaid Expansion
Union Leader, Aug. 28, 2013
Experts Argue Over Cost of NH Medicaid Expansion
Nashua Telegraph, Aug. 14, 2013
NH Republicans Blocking Medicaid Expansion
Boston Globe, July 21, 2013
Director Tells Medicaid Panel Contracts Will Have to be Renegotiated if Expansion Turned Down
Nashua Telegraph, July 17, 2013
Quirk in Health Law Creates Coverage Canyon
NHPR, June 25, 2013
Key Senate vote looms on Medicaid Expansion in NH
Portsmouth Herald, June 5, 2013
Senators Set Stage for Medicaid Fight
Associated Press, May 29, 2013
Just Call Us ‘The Donor State’
Concord Monitor, Editorial, May 29, 2013
Senate Budget Writers Hear Arguments About Medicaid, Other Issues
Concord Monitor, May 10, 2013
Time to Bring Everyone Under the Tent
Op-ed by the NH Nurses Association, Fosters, May 5, 2013
Medicaid Expansion is Good for All Parties
Op-ed by NH Nurse Practitioners Association, Concord Monitor, April 5, 2013
N.H. Medicaid Expansion; State Shouldn’t Waste Opportunity
Valley News, Editorial, March 27, 2013
Some Urge Medicaid Expansion
Valley News, March 22, 2013 (subscription required)
Expand Medicaid to Help Uninsured in NH
Nashua Telegraph, Editorial, March 19, 2013
NH Lawmakers Host Hearing on Medicaid Expansion
Associated Press, March 7, 2013
Concord Monitor Editorial
Sept. 30, 2012
