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), a member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, and Annie Kuster (NH-02), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, joined their Republican colleagues to sound the alarm about the recent announcement that a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), Express Scripts, will strip pharmaceutical access away from TRICARE patients and their families, a move tha
The New Hampshire delegation announced that Southern NH Area Health Education Center (Southern NH AHEC), a program of Lamprey Health Care, has been awarded a nearly $3 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to support and train community health workers in rural and underserved areas in New Hampshire.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statement after EPA announced they are proposing to designate two of the most widely used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as “Superfund.” This rulemaking would increase transparency around releases of these harmful chemicals and help to hold polluters accountable for cleaning up their contamination.
Today, the New Hampshire delegation highlighted important ways the Inflation Reduction Act lowers health care costs for Granite Staters. These measures will cap prescription costs, reduce health insurance premiums, tackle surging insulin costs and expand access to health care for thousands of Granite Staters.
Today, after Senate passage of the Honoring Our PACT Act, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, re
Today, the New Hampshire delegation announced that Cheshire County will receive $200,000 and Linwood Medical Center will receive $116,476 in federal funding to support workforce training for mental health and substance use services in rural areas. The funding was awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a former member of the New Hampshire Executive Council, released the following statement after a majority on the Executive Council voted down family planning contracts and defunding vital health care for Granite Staters once again:
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), helped pass the Right to Contraception Act in the House to codify the right to access contraception. The legislation follows Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's concurring opinion stating that the Court should reconsider Griswold v.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), helped pass two bills to protect the right to safe abortion in light of the Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, effectively overturning Roe v. Wade.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement following the release of a Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wad