New Hampshire Health Insurance
How healthy is living in New Hampshire?
New Hampshire is rated as teh 4th healthiest state in which to live, according to the 2007 ranking of 20 factors by a leading health care foundation.
It's a great place for kids. It leads the nation in having the fewest children living in poverty, the quality of and access to prenatal care and is better than all but one other state in infant mortality.
Citizens of New Hampshire also enjoy being in the top three of states for low rate of premature deaths, and has less violent crime per 100,000 in population than all but three other states.
More than 40 other states have a bigger problem with obesity.
Despite all this good news, the number of uninsured grew from 9.7 percent in 2006 to 11.5 percent in 2007. A dozen other states have higher percentages of insured citizens, compared to only five in 2006.
See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on New Hampshire.
Does New Hampshire have a risk pool for the uninsurable?
New Hampshire Health Plan
Toll-free 1-877-888-6447
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 poolto 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. Find more on risk pools here.
Cover The Uninsured's guide on finding health insurance in New Hampshire
Cover The Uninsured is a national effort to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from our nation's leaders. Read more information on its efforts. It is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
- Cover The Uninsured's facts on the uninsured in New Hampshire.
- Its guide on how to find health insurance in New Hampshire.
- Materiales En Español -- Guías para encontrar cobertura de seguro de salud.
Georgetown University's Guide to Health Insurance in New Hampshire
Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute has researched and written state-by-state guides for finding and keeping health insurance. It updates these guides as federal and state policies change. A number of non-profit organizations contribute to funding its research. Find more on the Health Policy Institute.
News headlines on New Hampshire health insurance
Find the most recent headlines on health insurance in New Hampshire at Google News or Yahoo News.
Want single-payer health care? Concerned about the uninsured?
Contact your elected officials about health care issues
Contact your federal officials. Phone calls are best. Faxes are good, too. Since 9-11 postal mail creates long delays, and many members of Congress simply do not take e-mail seriously -- however, since e-mail is so easy it doesn't hurt to do that, too. Members of the Senate and Congress will usually ignore any correspondence that is not from their district, so its not desirable to blanket e-mail them (this type of abuse is why many do not view it favorably). The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a guide on how to contact your elected officials, including a valuable list of dos and dont's.
- Contact the White House
Phone: toll free 1-800-671-7887 (ask for the Comment Line)
FAX: 1 202-456-2461 (fax)
E-mail:comments@whitehouse.gov
- Find contact information on your U.S. Representative
Locate by using your ZIP Code
Or if you know who your representative is, simply call the Capitol Switchboard toll-free at 1-800-962-3524
- Senator Judd Gregg
PHONE: 202-224-3324 (DC office)
FAX: not available (DC office)
Local offices
Contact by E-mail
- Senator John Sununu
PHONE: 202-224-2841 (DC office)
FAX: 202-224-228-4131 (DC office)
Local offices
Contact by E-mail
- New Hampshire Governor John Lynch
25 Capitol Street
Concord, NH 03301
PHONE: (603)271-2121
FAX: (603)271-7680
Contact by e-mail
- Contact your New Hampshire State Senator
- Contact your New Hampshire State Representative
USNews health insurance rankings for New Hampshire
US News does an annual ranking of what it considers the best health insurance plans in each state. Visit its reports on various health insurance or medical insurance plans being offered in New Hampshire.
Official State Goverment Sites with New Hampshire Health Insurance Information
Missouri Department of Insurance -- Health Insurance page -- provides information on the price of medical care in New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Insurance Department and the Commissioner's Advisory Committee on Health Insurance developed the Health Care Cost of Procedure (HealthCost) website in 2005.
New Hampshire Medicaid -- a 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.
Non-profit sites of interest to those in New Hampshire
Welcome to New Hampshire Healthy Kids! -- is a non-profit organization providing access to low-cost and free health coverage options for New Hampshire's uninsured children and teens.
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