More New Hampshire Health Headlines
Potential Medicaid cuts raise alarm for states: ‘What do Trump and the Republicans think will happen to these people?’
Medicaid provides health insurance for roughly one in five Americans, covering impoverished children, low-income adults, and seniors and those with disabilities reliant on care at home.
NH HEALTH
How might New Hampshire trim its spending on Medicaid? By charging premiums.
At least 17 other states, including Massachusetts, have some version of premiums or enrollment fees.
Watching the Bruins with Jack Edwards, again
A mysterious ailment led the team’s longtime announcer to retire last year. But he still keeps a close eye on those juicy rebounds.
RI HEALTH
Mass. and R.I. hospital occupancy lead the nation, report says, putting them at highest risk of bed shortages
A new report showed the mean bed occupancy at hospitals across the US went up, even as the number health care workers staffing beds during the same period declined.
ENVIRONMENT
High PFAS concentrations found in foam on Seacoast waterways
A pilot study was led by researchers at the University of New Hampshire along with citizen scientists concerned about the presence of the toxic “forever chemical.”
Federal budget cuts could trigger a N.H. law to end state’s Medicaid expansion
Medicaid is funded jointly by federal and state taxes. Unlike the rest of New England, New Hampshire would automatically sunset its Medicaid expansion program if the federal government’s match ever falls below 90 percent.
7 key takeaways from N.H. Governor Kelly Ayotte’s ‘recalibration’ budget
The preliminary spending plan is based on an assumption that business tax revenues will rise, and there are several other sources of uncertainty, as the numbers-crunching process heads to lawmakers.
New cap limits popular N.H. food assistance program amid federal funding uncertainty
The program is meant to encourage low-income Granite Staters to buy healthy food and to help them afford it.