Rindge, N.H. – Today, Franklin Pierce University was honored to welcome Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02) to its Rindge Campus for a tour of the Marcucella Health Sciences Building. During her visit, Congresswoman Kuster met with faculty and students, who are majoring in health sciences and biology and will continue their education at FPU graduate clinical programs, to discuss… Read more »
Berlin, N.H. — Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) visited White Horse Recovery Center in Berlin, New Hampshire to discuss the substance use disorder epidemic and highlight her work to expand access to treatment and recovery services in rural communities. White Horse Recovery Center offers comprehensive substance use disorder programs and mental health services for adults and… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), alongside U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), applauded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) extension of a waiver that will allow New Hampshire to continue providing Medicaid payments for individuals receiving substance use disorder services, short-term… Read more »
Manchester, N.H. — Yesterday, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) joined New England Council President Jim Brett at St. Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics to discuss her work representing New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District over the last 12 years, priorities she would like to see the next Congress address, and her plans for the future.
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Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, NDC Chair Annie Kuster (NH-02), Vice Chair for Outreach Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and the Health Care, Substance Use, and Mental Health Task Force, led by Chair Terri Sewell (AL-07) and Vice Chairs Yadira Caraveo (CO-08) and Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), welcomed key stakeholders, including medical professionals and mental and behavioral health care experts,… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro requesting a study on the accessibility and affordability of FDA-approved opioid overdose reversal agents, including naloxone and nalmefene. This letter was co-led by Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Frank… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH), Gwen Moore (D-WI), and Lucy McBath (D-GA), alongside Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), introduced the Mental Health and Making Access More Affordable (MAMA) Act, which would require commercial and governmental health insurance plans that offer services related to mental health and substance use disorders… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), and U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, along with Representatives Ann Kuster (D-N.H.), David Trone (D-Md.), and Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.) led 86 lawmakers to reintroduce the Comprehensive Addiction Resources… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior appropriator on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Labor-Health and Human Services (L-HHS) Subcommittee, announced today with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that $29,880,604… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) participated in an Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing titled “Legislative Proposals to Increase Medicaid Access and Improve Program Integrity.” During her remarks, Kuster urged her colleagues to support her bipartisan Rehabilitation and Recovery During Incarceration Act. The legislation would reform the Medicaid… Read more »
