ICYMI: Boston Globe Reports Trump Cuts Already Forcing New Hampshire Health Facility Closures

WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, the Boston Globe recently reported on how the Republican budget bill signed into law by President Trump will force New Hampshire health facilities to close soon, as U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) continues sounding the alarm about the devastating impacts on Granite Staters. The Globe highlighted how at least three health facilities in New Hampshire have announced upcoming closures, with Senator Hassan warning that about 46,000 New Hampshire residents are expected to lose health care coverage. Senator Hassan recently visited HealthFirst Community Health Center in Laconia and heard directly from providers about how the Republican budget bill is ripping away access to health care for Granite State families.

Read more from The Boston Globe here or below:

The Boston Globe: Trump’s Medicaid cuts deal a damaging blow to federally qualified health centers

By Amanda Gokee

CONCORD, N.H. — For Dr. Melissa Buddensee, Ammonoosuc Community Health Services in Franconia has been home to her medical practice for a decade.

But this summer, she’s had to deliver the bad news to her patients that the practice is closing, in part due to Medicaid cuts President Trump signed into law in July.

Around New England, health care providers and experts warned those cuts are a damaging blow to a health system that was already in trouble. At least two other health facilities in New Hampshire have announced they will close in the fall amid federal Medicaid cuts.

Experts said federally qualified health centers were already on shaky financial ground, as the funding they receive for the care they provide has not kept up with rising costs, such as personnel and medical technology.

Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” signed on July 4 includes almost $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, the federal health insurance program for people with low income and disabilities, over the next 10 years. The new law is projected to cause 12 million to 16 million people to lose insurance by 2034.

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In New Hampshire, about 185,000 residents — about 13 percent of the population — receive health insurance through Medicaid.

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New Hampshire Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan said they expect about 46,000 New Hampshire residents to lose Medicaid.

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“In Franconia and Concord, Granite Staters are already beginning to see the devastating ways in which the Republican budget bill will hurt New Hampshire families and rip away access to health care — and sadly this is only the beginning,” Hassan said.

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