U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan this week accused a national chain of opioid addiction clinics with multiple locations in New Hampshire of improper business practices that undermine the quality of care in pursuit of profit. In a letter to New Season obtained by the Bulletin, Hassan wrote that her team has conducted interviews with several employees […]
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$1 billion over 5 years: Director of NH’s new rural health program rolls out goals for federal funds
Donnalee Lozeau, director of GO-NORTH, said her philosophy in distributing the hundreds of millions of dollars the federal government is giving New Hampshire to spend on its struggling rural healthcare system will be about long-term investments, not short-term fixes. “It’s not just about spending the money,” she told the crowd at a New Hampshire Public […]
Harrisburg, Pa. — Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court ruled the state's ban on Medicaid coverage for abortion care unconstitutional, affirming reproductive autonomy as a fundamental right.
Medicaid enrollment surged during the pandemic, then tumbled during the Great Unwinding – reflecting how paperwork and state policy determine who keeps health coverage.
The pilot, launched in January 2026 in 6 states, could reduce wasteful spending, but increases provider paperwork and risks patient access to necessary care.
Edward Shanshala, CEO of Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, said when Congress passed its massive tax cuts and spending law last year, he and his colleagues made the difficult decision to shut down the organization’s clinic in Franconia in anticipation of the law’s impacts. Shanshala doesn’t think a new tranche of federal funding will be enough […]
CONCORD — Granite State family caregivers now provide $4.4 million worth of labor each year, according to a new AARP report. Most of this work…