Improving Access to Affordable Health Care

Kuster, Shaheen, Hassan Join President Biden in Concord to Celebrate Historic Work to Lower Prescription Drug Costs for Granite Staters

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Concord, N.H. – Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH), alongside Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), joined President Joe Biden in Concord on the campus of New Hampshire Technical Institute to celebrate historic work by the Biden-Harris Administration to reduce the cost of prescription drug prices for Granite Staters, including action in the Inflation Reduction…

New Dem Chair Applauds Biden-Harris Rule to Expand Contraception Coverage Under ACA

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Washington, D.C. — Today, New Democrat Coalition Chair Annie Kuster (NH-02) issued the following statement after the Biden-Harris Administration announced a new proposed rule to expand no-cost coverage of contraception under the Affordable Care Act (ACA): “With today’s announcement, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking groundbreaking steps to empower all women to exercise their…

Kuster, Miller Lead Letter to Extend Telehealth Flexibilities for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

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Washington, D.C. — Today, Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH-02) and Carol Miller (R-WV-01) led nearly two dozen of their colleagues in sending a letter to the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Dr. Rahul Gupta, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra urging the Biden Administration and Drug Enforcement…

Franklin Pierce University Welcomes Kuster to Rindge Campus

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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…

New Dem Leaders Applaud Successful Medicare Negotiations to Lower Cost of Prescription Drugs

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Washington, D.C. — Today, New Democrat Coalition Chair Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Health Care, Substance Use, and Mental Health Task Force Chair Terri Sewell (AL-07) issued a statement following the Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement that Medicare has reached agreements to lower the cost of all 10 prescription drugs selected for the first round of…

Kuster Helps Introduce Bipartisan Compromise to Renew Affordable Connectivity Program

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Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH) helped introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation to renew the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) – a federal program that helped low-income households afford access to high-speed internet. The Affordable Connectivity Program, established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, ran out of funding in May – ending assistance for…

New Hampshire Delegation Applauds $44 Million Award for ReGen Valley Tech Hub

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Manchester, N.H. – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), chair of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Commerce, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), applauded $44 million in federal funding awarded to the ReGen Valley Tech Hub through the bipartisan CHIPS and…

Kuster Responds to Supreme Court’s Emergency Abortion Ruling

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Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) released a statement following the Supreme Court’s consolidated decision in Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States, in which the Court dismissed the case and reinstated a lower-court ruling pausing Idaho’s near-total abortion ban: “While today’s Supreme Court ruling means some patients won’t be…

Kuster Discusses Work in Congress and Future Priorities with New England Council

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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.  “It was wonderful…

Kuster Statement on Second Anniversary of Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision

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Concord, N.H. — On the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, which overturned nearly 50 years of precedent and eliminated the federal right to an abortion, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) issued the following statement: “Two years ago today, women in New Hampshire and across the country woke up with fewer rights than they went to sleep…