Improving Access to Affordable Health Care

Kuster Highlights Granite Stater Bodhi Bhattarai at Hearing on Pre-Existing Conditions, Underscores Importance of Her Legislation to Protect Americans from Junk Health Plans

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Congresswoman Kuster’s full Q&A is available HERE Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, highlighted the story of Bodhi Bhattarai of Contoocook, New Hampshire at today’s hearing, “Strengthening Our Health Care System: Legislation to Reverse ACA Sabotage and Ensure Pre-Existing Conditions…

Nashua's Harbor Homes to receive $2 million grant

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NASHUA — Harbor Homes, one of the agencies that operates Nashua’s Safe Stations program, is set to receive more than $2 million to assist homeless veterans. The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $2,160,714 grant to the local nonprofit group aimed at providing low income, homeless and disabled individuals with affordable housing, employment and job…

The work goes on

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Dear Friend,  Keeping our Government Open On Tuesday evening, I attended President Trump’s second State of the Union Address with my guest Jeff Aulbach, a New Hampshire Air Traffic Controller from Brookline. Like hundreds of thousands of other federal employees, Jeff worked without pay during the 35-day government shutdown. As February 15--the expiration date of the recent…

Kuster, Beyer, Courtney Introduce Legislation to Protect Americans from Junk Health Plans

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Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Congressman Don Beyer (VA-08), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, introduced legislation to protect Americans with pre-existing conditions by preventing the promotion of junk health plans,…

What's next

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Dear Friend, Joining the Energy and Commerce Committee I’m excited to announce that I have been appointed to the Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee for the 116th Congress. As a member of the subcommittees on Health, Energy, and Oversight and Investigations, I will fight for New Hampshire priorities such as increasing access to affordable…

Kuster Votes to Defend ACA from Partisan Attack

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Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) joined a bipartisan group of her colleagues in taking action to protect access to affordable healthcare for Granite Staters by passing a resolution to help prevent Republican efforts to dismantle the entirety of the Affordable Care Act, including a crucial provision that ensure access to healthcare for tens of thousands of people in New Hampshire…

Kuster Statement on Texas Court Ruling in GOP Lawsuit Against the Affordable Care Act

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Concord, NH - Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement on the ruling by a federal judge in Texas against the Affordable Care Act: “This misguided and partisan ruling threatens access to healthcare for tens of thousands of Granite Staters and millions of Americans who rely on the protections enshrined in the Affordable Care Act. We cannot go back to a time…

Voices for Change

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Dear Friend, Putting Veterans’ Interests First  Today I am calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to publicly reveal the VA’s plan to ensure all veterans receive the GI Bill benefits they have earned, summarize how the VA will properly implement the Forever GI Bill, and respond to concerns about leadership of the VA’s IT transition. Veterans…

Protecting our democratic institutions

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Dear Friend, Safeguarding our Elections Like so many Americans, I am deeply concerned by the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and what this means for the future of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 elections. President Trump’s pick for acting Attorney General, Matthew Whitaker, has indicated in past statements that he…

Standing Up Against Hate

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Dear Friend,  Standing Up Against Hate My heart breaks for the lives lost and the families and loved ones of those killed in the unthinkable act of violence that occurred at the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue last Saturday. This barbaric attack against the Jewish community is an affront to our core values as Americans. My thoughts remain with those wounded and the brave…