Health Care
Health care should be a right, not a privilege, for all Americans. This was a principle I fought for while serving on New Hampshire’s Executive Council and one I’m fighting for in Washington. That is why I am committed to ensuring that all Granite Staters receive quality, affordable health care.
The Affordable Care Act was an important step forward in the fight to improve our country’s health care system. While it is certainly not perfect, it should be built upon, not torn down, which is why I will fight all efforts to roll back crucial protections like those for people with pre-existing conditions.
We should be stabilizing and expanding the ACA as we work to lower the cost of health care for everyone. As we improve upon insurance coverage, we have to ensure access to reproductive health care, improve mental health care access and rural health care access, and lower the cost of prescription drugs. We have much more work to do to focus on the health and well-being of the American people.
I will continue to fight for proposals that will expand access, improve health outcomes, and lower the cost of prescription drugs for Granite Staters.
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Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Annie Kuster (NH-02) are applauding the announcement of $28 million in federal funding to combat the opioid and substance misuse epidemic in 2020. Pappas and Kuster, along with the entire New Hampshire delegation, have support of additional resources for New Hampshire. They have continuously advocated on behalf of New Hampshire's treatment, healthcare, law enforcement and first responder communities.
Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Annie Kuster (NH-02) are applauding the announcement of $28 million in federal funding to combat the opioid and substance misuse epidemic in 2020. Pappas and Kuster, along with the entire New Hampshire delegation, have support of additional resources for New Hampshire. They have continuously advocated on behalf of New Hampshire's treatment, healthcare, law enforcement and first responder communities.
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) wrote to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) calling for the Department to urgently provide guidance to health care providers in New Hampshire and across the country on the steps being taken to deliver personal protective equipment (PPE), ventilators and other essential supplies to hospitals as they prepare for an increase of coronavirus patients in the weeks to come.
MANCHESTER, NH - Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement after Governor Chris Sununu and New Hampshire state health officials announced that New Hampshire public K-12 school districts are being directed to transition to a remote learning environment through at least April 3rd, 2020 to help mitigate the spread of coronavirus in New Hampshire.
Pappas led delegation effort to ensure that New Hampshire will be reimbursed for spending to combat the coronavirus
Kuster, Pappas vote to send coronavirus spending measure to the Senate
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Shaheen, Senator Hassan, Congresswoman Kuster and Congressman Pappas wrote to the House and Senate leadership calling for the inclusion of language in the coronavirus emergency supplemental spending bill to ensure that states, including New Hampshire, are reimbursed for the cost of their ongoing efforts to combat the virus. The letter follows the announcement of the first presumptive positive case of coronavirus in the state.
RYE, NH - Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) met with constituents and Protect Our Care in Rye to hear personal stories from Granite Staters about their experiences dealing with the high cost of prescription drugs and access to health care. They talked about the need to strengthen and defend the Affordable Care Act and lower the cost of life saving medications. Pappas also highlighted his support for H.R.3, the Elijah E.
LACONIA — First District Congressman Chris Pappas said it's no secret that trauma is affecting a staggering number of children in New Hampshire.
On Wednesday, he met with members of the Adverse Childhood Experience Response Team (ACERT) members in Laconia to hear firsthand about local efforts to support and nurture kids so that they can reach their full potential.
Conway, NH – Today in Conway, Rep. Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined health care providers and patients at White Mountain Community Health Center for a roundtable discussion with Protect Our Care to discuss ongoing efforts to protect the Affordable Care Act, health care for Granite Staters with pre-existing conditions, and the work being done to strengthen health care for Granite Staters in rural communities.
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) the award of $735,844 in federal funding to the National Alliance on Mental Illness New Hampshire (NAMI NH) that will bolster the organization's youth suicide prevention efforts throughout New Hampshire.