Paul Cuno-Booth
Health & Equity ReporterI report on health and equity for NHPR. My work focuses on questions about who is able to access health care in New Hampshire, who is left out, and how that affects their health and well-being. I want to understand the barriers that make it hard for people to get care – including financial barriers – and what people in power are or aren’t doing to make things better.
Paul can be reached at pcuno-booth@nhpr.org.
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The money at issue comes from legal settlements with companies accused of fueling the opioid crisis. -
Hospitals and state officials have been at odds since last year over the Medicaid Enhancement Tax, with hundreds of millions of dollars in health care funding at stake -
The proposal passed by the NH House last week includes cuts to Medicaid and other health programs. The budget now in the hands of the Senate. -
It’s a continuation of a trend seen over the past few years in Concord, where Republicans have introduced a wave of bills that would restrict the rights of trans youth in particular. -
The Manchester True Collaborative Center aims to be a space where LGBTQ youth and adults can connect and feel safe being themselves. -
Since May 2023, the state has been working to comply with a court order requiring it to end so-called “ER boarding.” -
The money funds birth control, STI testing and other non-abortion reproductive health care for low-income patients. -
A House budget panel is recommending lawmakers cut $840,000 in annual funding that currently provides no-cost contraception, STI testing and other reproductive and sexual health care for more than 2,000 people. -
Republican lawmakers have argued the state should not be in the business of buying vaccines for privately insured children. -
Republicans, which hold a 4-1 majority, had tabled the promotion for the past month – while advancing others – because of Trump’s order barring transgender people from the military. But on Wednesday, the council voted to move the captain’s promotion forward.
