Sens. Shaheen, Hassan Hear Concerns of NH Healthcare Providers, Policy Leaders
This morning at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock clinic in
Also earlier today, the nonpartisan
"The message from these
"As new data from the
At today's roundtable discussion, experts testified on the disproportional impact that ACA repeal would have on low- and middle-income families in
Those who contributed to the roundtable:
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- Dr. Travis Harker, NH Family Physicians & Chief Medical Officer,
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Key Facts on the ACA in
- 43%: uninsured rate in NH has fallen since the ACA was enacted in 2010 citation
- 600,000: Granite Staters who have a pre-existing health condition, and have benefitted from the ACA provision prohibiting insurers for charging more to those with pre-existing health conditions citation
- 3x: Estimated increase in uninsured rate if the ACA were repealed citation
- 118,000: Granite Staters who would lose health care coverage by 2019 under ACA repeal citation
- 48,000:
- 9,000: Young adults who have benefited from the ACA provision that allows kids to stay on their parents' health insurance up to age 26 citation
- 690,524: Granite Staters who benefitted from free preventative care and services such as flu shots, cancer screenings & contraception citation
- 74%: Seniors enrolled in Medicare Part B who took advantage of at least one free preventive service citation
- 13,000: Number jobs lost in NH if the ACA were repealed citation
- 2%: average premium increase on NH's exchange from 2016 to 2017, the second lowest increase in the nation citations here and here
ACA Repeal & Opioid Epidemic:
- 50%: Increase in treatment gap under ACA repeal for Americans suffering from the opioid epidemic citation
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- 2.8 million: Americans with a substance use disorder, of whom about 222,000 have an opioid use disorder, would lose some or all of their insurance coverage citation
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