61 Years of Medicare and Medicaid in New Hampshire: New from NHFPI

Sing it loud, New Hampshire: ‘We’re No. 1! We’re No. 1!’ Oh, wait, we’re not?

Gov. Kelly Ayotte celebrates the signing of a pair of bills at the State House in June 2025, one to broaden "parental rights" and the other to expand the voucher-like education freedom accounts program. (Photo by William Skipworth/New Hampshire Bulletin)Over the past three decades, New Hampshire Republicans have held trifecta power over the State House — or simultaneous control of the governor’s office, House, and Senate — for 11 years, includin…

61 Years of Medicare and Medicaid in New Hampshire: New from NHFPI

By JESSICA WILLIAMS, senior policy analyst Thursday, July 30, marks the 61st anniversary of the passage of the federal Social Security Amendments of 1965, which established Medicare and Medicaid. For more than six decades, these programs have provided essential public health coverage for millions of Granite Staters. On this anniversary, the NHFPI team examines who benefits from these programs today, as well as what recent federal and state healt…

61 Years of Medicare and Medicaid in New Hampshire

Thursday, July 30, marks the 61st anniversary of the passage of the federal Social Security Amendments of 1965, which established Medicare and Medicaid. For more than six decades, these programs have provided essential public health coverage for millions of Granite Staters.