Feb 24 2025
Medicaid Cuts Would Jeopardize Health Care Access & Addiction Treatment for Thousands in the Granite State
In New Hampshire, Medicaid provides health care for more than 180,000 kids, seniors, people with disabilities, and families. It covers routine preventive care, treatment for chronic conditions, and many other health care services—including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. Medicaid coverage also helps unemployed individuals access the care that they need to get healthy and start a new job.
Cuts to Medicaid would be particularly detrimental to New Hampshire, in part because these cuts could automatically end Medicaid Expansion under current state law. Medicaid Expansion currently covers more than 60,000 Granite Staters, and new data show that the vast majority of Granite Staters who receive opioid addiction treatment through Medicaid are covered because of Medicaid Expansion.
Analysis by the Joint Economic Committee – Minority details the importance of Medicaid for Granite Staters’ overall health, Medicaid’s role in fighting the opioid epidemic, and that Medicaid access can help Granite Staters join the workforce.
Cuts to Medicaid would be particularly detrimental to New Hampshire, in part because these cuts could automatically end Medicaid Expansion under current state law. Medicaid Expansion currently covers more than 60,000 Granite Staters, and new data show that the vast majority of Granite Staters who receive opioid addiction treatment through Medicaid are covered because of Medicaid Expansion.
Analysis by the Joint Economic Committee – Minority details the importance of Medicaid for Granite Staters’ overall health, Medicaid’s role in fighting the opioid epidemic, and that Medicaid access can help Granite Staters join the workforce.