Dear Friend, Finding Bipartisan Solutions to Curb the Opioid Epidemic I was pleased to hold a roundtable discussion with my Bipartisan Opioid Task Force co-chair Rep. Fitzpatrick on Tuesday as we sat down with the top White House official for drug policy, Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Jim Carroll; N.H. Department of Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks, and administration and law... Read more »
Today, Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH), David Trone (D-MD), Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) introduced the bipartisan Supporting Healthy Outcomes for Mothers and Infants Act of 2019 to support mothers and their infants who are born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). This legislation improves the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children ... Read more »
Today, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), the Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Opioid Taskforce, and Rep. Stephanie Murphy (FL-07) re-introduced the Road to Recovery Act – bipartisan legislation that would remove barriers to substance use disorder treatment services under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This bill will specifically end Medicaid’s Inst... Read more »
(WCAX) New Hampshire Congresswoman Annie Kuster led a Congressional roundtable Tuesday to discuss how the criminal justice system can help curb the country's drug problem. Kuster says she was most excited to hear how the New Hampshire prisons are offering addiction treatment to people. She says she wants to help spread this initiative to prisons across the country. "Since I first came to Congress,... Read more »
Today, the Bipartisan Opioid Task Force, led by Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), hosted a roundtable discussion, “Smart Solutions: Protecting Our Communities” on the intersection of the opioid crisis and the criminal justice system. Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Jim Carroll participated in the discussion and provided opening remarks to giv... Read more »
Dear Friend, Are You Covered for 2020? Open enrollment for the health care exchange begins today! Granite Staters have until December 15 to visit healthcare.gov to sign up for coverage, make changes to your existing plan, or to find more information. If you don’t get insurance through your employer, Medicare, or Medicaid, I encourage you to shop the plans to make sure that you and your family are ... Read more »
Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced $1,250,000 in Drug Free Communities (DFC) grants from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to 10 local drug prevention coalitions in New Hampshire. The grants will provide local community coalitions funding to prevent youth substance use, inc... Read more »
Today, Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Jackie Walorski (R-IN) led a bipartisan group of 25 Members of Congress in calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide an update on their actions to ensure VA clinicians are complying with a law that aims to prevent overprescribing of opioids to veterans. The VA Prescription Data Accountability Act was introduced by Kuster in 2017, c... Read more »
Dear Friend, Protecting Granite Staters with Preexisting Conditions On Wednesday, I joined my Energy and Commerce Committee colleagues to question the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator, Seema Verma, about the Trump Administration’s continued efforts to sabotage the Affordable Care Act. While Democrats have been working to lower health care costs and improve access to quality ... Read more »
Years before he took over the Merrimack County Department of Corrections, Superintendent Ross Cunningham took a chance on another county’s correctional facility. Facing overcrowding, Sullivan County was contemplating building a new jail. Instead, Cunningham advocated for something else: funding for mental health and substance use treatment within the jail. The goal: Treat more people for substance... Read more »
