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County official warns HB2 managed‑care changes could remove $60–70 million from long‑term care; committee convenes in Concord
Summary
A county health‑policy speaker said language in House Bill 2 could shift Medicaid long‑term supports into managed care and eliminate existing supplemental payments (ProShare/Medicaid incentives), potentially costing the sector an estimated $60–70 million; a legislative committee will report back by Oct. 1.
Strafford County staff and a former state health official told county commissioners that language in House Bill 2 (HB 2) and related legislative activity could shift long‑term supports and services into managed‑care arrangements and eliminate longstanding supplemental payments to nursing homes, amounts they estimated on the order of $60–70 million.
Nick Compass (introduced in the meeting as a former commissioner of health and human services) described a legislative committee convened under HB 2 that includes area legislators—Senator Rivard and…
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