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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On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned the 50-year-old federal right to an abortion established under Roe v. Wade and upset decades of settled law. One year later, 25 million women live in states where abortion is now banned or more restricted than before the ruling was issued. Fourteen states have banned abortions outright in almost all cases.
Today Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), and María Elvira Salazar (FL-27) introduced the bipartisan United States-Israel Health Technologies Cooperation Act alongside a bipartisan group of 54 of their colleagues.
Today the New Hampshire delegation announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $499,277.00 to Lamprey Health Care to support their Southern NH Area Health Education Center (AHEC) program.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA), introduced the VA Medical Security Report Act of 2023 alongside
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH-02) and Chris Pappas (D-NH-01) to applaud $3 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) headed to expand the nursing program at Elliot Hospital in Manchester.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) introduced the Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act in the U.S. House of Representatives alongside Representatives Lisa McClain (MI-09), Jake LaTurner (KS-02), Marcus Molinaro (NY-19), Alex Mooney (WV-02), and Zach Nunn (IA-03).
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) continues to take action to protect women’s rights and reproductive freedom, cosponsoring the Women’s Health Protection Act and the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) hosted a roundtable discussion with New Hampshire family care providers at the Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE) Manchester Health Center. The discussion centered around the recent ruling out of Texas from U.S.
The New Hampshire delegation announced that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) selected New Hampshire as one of 15 states to receive a $1 million, one-year planning grant as part of its national expansion of the Medicaid-funded Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration program under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Because of this new funding, the state will start plans to greatly expand access to community-based, integrated behavioral health services.
The New Hampshire Congressional Delegation is highlighting key mental health funding for the state for 2023 through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the gun safety bill that the delegation helped pass into law last year.