New Hampshire Health Insurance

How healthy is living
in New Hampshire?

New Hampshire is the third healthiest state to live in according to the 2012 edition of America's Health Rankings® by the United Health Foundation.

The good news:

• The infant mortality rate has decreased since 1990 and is now the lowest in the nation.
• Air quality has improved over the past five years, with air pollution dropping from 9.1 micrograms of fine particulate per cubic meter to 7.5.

The bad news:

• The percentage of people without health insurance is creeping up. The uninsured rate was 8.5 percent in 2003 and 11.3 percent in 2012.
• New Hampshire has a middle-of-the-pack ranking for immunization coverage.

New Hampshire's best and worst category rankings:

• Children in Poverty – 1st
• Infant Mortality – 1st
• Violent Crime – 3rd
• Cancer Deaths – 3rd
• Poor Mental Health Days – 34th
• Public Health Funding – 36th

more details

• See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on New Hampshire.
• Trust for America's Health ia another source for key New Hampshire health quality findings. In addition, 2010's federal health reform, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), included the creation of a prevention fund to provide more than $16 billion over the next 10 years to invest in effective, proven prevention efforts, like childhood obesity prevention and tobacco cessation, and the site has a report on how it impacts New Hampshire here.

get local health results

State snapshot too large? Get county-by-county health rankings for New Hampshire, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Population Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin.

Does New Hampshire have a health insurance high risk pool?

New Hampshire Health Plan
Toll-free 1-877-888-6447

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting in 2010, New Hampshire started offering health care insurance coverage to residents through the federally established temporary high-risk pool program. To find out more about New Hampshire's participation, click here.

Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state to state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the pool to keep it in the black. In the best cases, they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Read more about risk pools here.

Non-profit sources of health insurance information for New Hampshire

• The Foundation for Health Coverage Education's mission is to provide simplified public and private health insurance eligibility information in order to help more people access coverage. Here is its guide on how to find health insurance in New Hampshire.
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is tracking the progress of health insurance reform in each state. Its page for New Hampshire can be found here.
• The National Committee for Quality Assurance is a private, non-profit organization that, among other things, provides health care plan report cards for consumers. Search for New Hampshire health insurance plan report cards.

New Hampshire state government health insurance resources

New Hampshire Healthy Kids —  Provides access to affordable, quality health and dental coverage to uninsured children and teens in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire Medicaid —  The federal and state funded program that serves needy individuals and families who meet financial and other eligibility requirements and certain other individuals who lack adequate resources to pay for medical care.

NH Health Cost —  Provides information on the price of medical care in New Hampshire. Developed by the New Hampshire Insurance Department and the Commissioner’s Advisory Committee on Health Insurance.

How did New Hampshire officials vote on health reform?

H.R.2: Repealing the Health Care Bill

#14

Date of Vote: 1/19/2011 Status: House passed 245-189, 1 not voting

HOUSE|SENATE

1/19/2011--Passed House amended. Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act. Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions. [more]

Yes (2)

• Charles Bass

• Frank Guinta