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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(Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) alongside Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $28,505,671 from the Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration's State Opioid Response (SOR) grant program to help the Granite State respond to the opioid crisis.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statement after the Senate failed to advance the Women's Health Protection Act:
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement in light of National Fentanyl Awareness Day:
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) led their colleagues in a bipartisan call for the Department of Health and Human Services to update the department's Public Health Emergency declaration that an opioid public health emerge
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced their plan to introduce the bicameral Clean Water Standards for PFAS 2.0 Act, which would further regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by setting deadlines for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop water quality criteria and limits on industrial PFAS discharges into water and to water treatment plants.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement following confirmation that a reported draft Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade is genuine:
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), along with Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) welcomed $12,417,525 to support 12 New Hampshire health care providers that have experienced revenue losses and expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding comes as part of a $1.75 billion national announcement in Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Phase 4 payments from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statement after helping pass legislation that will cap insulin copays at $35 dollars per month for Granite Staters with Medicare or private insurance:
U.S. Representatives Chris Pappas (D-N.H.-01), Cindy Axne (D-Iowa-03), Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-Ind.-08), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, M.D. (R-Iowa-02) introduced bipartisan legislation to expand access to treatment for Americans suffering from opioid use disorder. The Timely Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Act (H.R. 7238) would revise opioid treatment program criteria to remove the requirement that patients must have been addicted for at least one year before being admitted for treatment.
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $3,878,290 to support 17 of New Hampshire's health care providers who have experienced revenue losses and expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding comes as part of a $560 million national announcement in Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Phase 4 payments from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).