New Hampshire Health Plan Holds Annual Public Forum on State Health Insurance Reinsurance Program
CONCORD, NH (May 7, 2025) – Pursuant to federal requirements, the New Hampshire Health Plan is holding a public forum on the state’s Section 1332 Waiver on Wednesday, June 11th at 10am. The forum will be held in-person at the Walker Building in Concord (Room 100) and virtually via an online webinar (can be accessed by computer or telephone).
More information about the forum (including the in-person address of the forum and the link and phone number for the webinar) and New Hampshire’s Section 1332 Waiver and the New Hampshire Reinsurance Program can be found at https://www.nhhp.org/historical-governance-documents/governance-documents-nh-reinsurance-program and webinar registration page. The forum presentation and a recording of the forum will be posted on the NHHP webpage and the NHID's YouTube channel following the forum.
New Hampshire Health Plan will accept oral questions and comments during the forum (from attendees in-person and on the webinar) and in writing through by June 27, 2025. Written questions and comments should be submitted to lkaplanhowe@pcgus.com or to New Hampshire Health Plan, C/O Michael Degnan, Helms & Company, Inc., 1 Pillsbury Street, Suite 200, Concord, NH 03301.
People who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, alternative communication formats or language access support in order to participate in the process, including those with disabilities or limited English proficiency, should contact Lisa Kaplan Howe at (603) 860-7851 or lkaplanhowe@pcgus.com no later than May 23, 2025 to ensure any necessary accommodations can be provided. Anyone experiencing technical issues accessing the forum online or by phone should contact Eliza Mette at (207) 272-8847 or emette@pcgus.com for assistance.
On August 5, 2020, the United States Departments of Health and Human Services and Treasury approved New Hampshire’s Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver for a state-based reinsurance program. The New Hampshire Reinsurance Program was proposed pursuant to New Hampshire RSA 404-G:12 and New Hampshire RSA 420-N:6-a, and the program and the waiver went into effect on January 1, 2021. The program reimburses insurers based on their liability for high-cost claims in the state’s individual health insurance market. The program complies with all federal statutory requirements for Section 1332 Waivers related to comprehensiveness and affordability of coverage, access to coverage and federal spending. Via the Section 1332 Waiver, federal funding is being provided to support the program in addition to a state insurance assessment. An extension of the waiver was granted, effective January 1, 2026.
Over $118 million in federal funding for the program was leveraged in the first four years of the program (2021 through 2024), which is more than double the state funding for those years. It is expected that federal funding will total over $34 million in 2025, also more than double the state funding for this year. As a result of these investments, premiums for the 2025 Second Lowest Cost Silver Plan in the New Hampshire Marketplace were reduced by close to 12% in 2025.
This is New Hampshire Health Plan’s fifth annual public forum to discuss the progress of the Section 1332 Waiver and New Hampshire Reinsurance Program and to receive public questions, concerns, and comments.
About the New Hampshire Health Plan
"New Hampshire Health Plan" is the trade name for the New Hampshire Individual Health Plan Benefit Association. The New Hampshire Health Plan (NHHP) was formed pursuant to New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated (RSA) Chapter 404-G. Membership in NHHP is comprised of all companies which are authorized by law to write health insurance in New Hampshire (see RSA 404-G:4). Among its functions, New Hampshire Health Plan administers the New Hampshire Reinsurance Program. For more information, contact New Hampshire Health Plan at 603-225-6633 or by visiting https://www.nhhp.org.