New Hampshire Health Insurance

How healthy is living in New Hampshire?

New Hampshire continued to hover within the top five healthiest states, but just barely, achieving the #5 ranking in the United Health Foundation's annual survey of the healthiest U.S. states.

The state's best and worst category rankings:

• Violent crime – 3
• Occupational fatalities – 9
• Infectious disease – 10
• Children in poverty – 1
• Lack of health insurance – 10
• Immunization coverage – 1
• Poor physical health days – 8
• Geographic disparity – 2
• Infant mortality – 9
• Premature death – 2

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
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IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting in 2010, New Hampshire will offer health 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.

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 and all other states.
• 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 help fund its research. Learn more about the Health Policy Institute.

Review Georgetown's guide for New Hampshire.

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.