61 Years of Medicare and Medicaid in New Hampshire

By: Jessica Williams

Outlets: NHFPI

Published: July 28, 2026

Words: 644

Last Updated: 6 days, 5 hours ago

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Thursday, July 30, marks the 61st anniversary of the passage of the federal Social Security Amendments of 1965, which established Medicare and Medicaid. For more than six decades, these programs have provided essential public health coverage for millions of Granite Staters.

On this anniversary, the NHFPI team examines who benefits from these programs today, as well as what recent federal and state health policy changes could mean for the future of health coverage in …

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