Medicaid

Sununu says his proposal would bring more federal money to NH and boost funding for mental health, but some hospitals would lose revenue

Community health workers don’t provide clinical care, but serve as liaisons between the health system and their communities.

Un estudio del Pew Research Center encontró que aproximadamente uno de cada 10 restaurantes en EE.UU. sirve comida mexicana. Pero en New Hampshire la tasa es mucho menor. El equipo de basketball de Dartmouth hace historia con votación sindical.

The state partnered with an insurance brokerage company to call all 21,300 households that were disenrolled because the state believed they earned too much to ask whether they’d found other insurance or wanted help doing so.

Republican lawmakers have rejected efforts to make the program permanent since it was first implemented in 2014.

New Hampshire's Medicaid director said the federal government's count is inflated because they count children differently, going to age 23 versus 18. People over 18 are eligible for adult Medicaid instead.

A federal program allows school districts to use Medicaid data to determine which of their students already qualify for free or reduced-price meals, without needing to contact parents.

“It’s a game changer,” said Keith Kuenning, Waypoint’s director of advocacy. “We’ve been working on this for years."

The move comes after the federal government sent a letter to every state, directing them to review cases for inadvertent terminations.

The proposed federal rules would mandate certain minimum staffing levels for nurses and nurse aides.