Health policies have enormous impacts on the lives on Granite Staters. Federal programs such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program have critical roles in the health and well-being of many Granite State children and families. Health programs that support individuals with disabilities, fund home-based care, and provide access to mental health and behavioral health services are essential to helping ensure the health needs of New Hampshire residents are addressed.
NHFPI strives to explain the effects of health policy decisions, both federal and state, upon the New Hampshire budget and New Hampshire residents and to explore changes in policies that could help maintain and improve people’s health, now and into the future.
Study warns federal Medicaid changes could jeopardize nearly $1 billion in State revenue used to fund hospital care and public services over next ten years CONCORD, N.H. — A major state source of funding for New Hampshire’s Medicaid program and hospital system could be reduced by $1 billion over the next ten years due to ...
Upcoming federal policy changes are quietly reshaping how New Hampshire funds health care and the consequences could be significant. Join the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute on Friday, March 6 at 2:00 p.m. ET for a timely webinar examining New Hampshire’s Medicaid Enhancement Tax, which will discuss what new federal limits on health care provider ...
KEY POINTS The Medicaid Enhancement Tax (MET) is a 5.4 percent tax on inpatient and outpatient net patient service revenue that each of the state’s 26 acute care hospitals pay during their fiscal year. The MET generated approximately $348 million in revenue in SFY 2025, ranking as the fourth-largest state tax revenue source that year. ...
On the last Friday of each month, the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute’s research team shares a curated list of books, research papers, podcasts, and more that are helping to ...
Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the final iteration of the Household Food Security Report, which includes a longstanding measure of food insecurity. As defined by the ...
Presented by NHFPI Policy Analyst Jessica Williams and NHFPI Research Director Phil Sletten at the 2026 New Hampshire Long-Term Care Summit on January 12, 2026.