Dear Friend, Last week, I was excited to visit Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont and join with hospital officials to announce that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development has approved a $19.5 million Community Facilities Loan to Valley Regional. This loan will provide significant savings that the hospital will use to develop residential intensive treatment… Read more »

(Concord, NH) – Today Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) joined Peter Wright, President and CEO of Valley Regional Hospital, and other senior hospital and U.S. Department of Agriculture officials to announce that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development has approved a $19.4 million Community Facilities Loan to Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont. This loan will… Read more »

Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement on reports that Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA) have reached an agreement on bipartisan legislation that includes reinstating cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments. Kuster has been vocal about the need to maintain CSR payments to reduce volatility in the individual marketplace. Earlier this year,… Read more »

This week, President Trump issued two executive orders that will undermine the Affordable Care Act and jeopardize access to healthcare for thousands of people in New Hampshire. These deliberate efforts by President Trump to destroy the ACA are going to have devastating consequences for real people and families in New Hampshire and across the country. Ending cost-sharing reduction payments… Read more »

Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement on President Trump's decision to end cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments under the Affordable Care Act (ACA): "This deliberate effort by President Trump to destroy the ACA is going to have devastating consequences for real people and families in New Hampshire and across the country. Ending cost-sharing reduction… Read more »

Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement on President Trump’s executive order undermining the Affordable Care Act: “President Trump’s announcement today sadly continues to take us in the wrong direction on health care. During the last several months, I have been encouraged by conversations with both Republicans and Democrats about how we… Read more »

(Concord, NH) – Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement on the Trump Administration's decision to expand exemptions for employers who wish to deny coverage for birth control to their employees: “Birth control is an important medication for millions of women and efforts by the Trump Administration to limit access to contraceptives are appalling. The… Read more »

Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement on her vote against the proposed Republican Budget: “The extreme Republican budget that I opposed today sets all the wrong priorities for hardworking families in New Hampshire and across our country,” said Congresswoman Kuster. “This budget gives massive tax cuts to the ultra-rich while slashing… Read more »

This evening, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), who served as an adoption attorney for 25 years, voted against legislation that would have limited women’s access to safe and legal abortion. “As an adoption attorney for 25 years, I understand that the decision to end a pregnancy is deeply personal and difficult and should be made in consultation with one’s family and… Read more »

Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement on the decision by Senate Leadership to not vote on the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill. Earlier this year, Kuster and nine House Democrats from across the political spectrum unveiled a five-part plan to improve upon the Affordable Care Act and stabilize the individual marketplace. “Once again people from… Read more »