Health Care Coverage in New Hampshire: Estimates of Proposed Expansions

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This paper simulates the impact of LSR 886 to provide information to policy makers reviewing the various initiatives to expand coverage. For a variety of reasons discussed below, we estimate the impact in three parts: the proposed change in the private market, an expansion to those 19-20 year olds with income less than 300% of the federal poverty level (FPL) – the equivalent of $49,800 for a family of three – and an expansion to those 19-25 year olds with incomes less than 500% of the FPL.[2] Table 1 below documents the results of the simulation, showing the impact of the proposed policy changes on the number of uninsured and state and federal costs.