SB484 Prohibiting Medicaid premiums and limiting Medicaid expansion cost sharing.
Prohibiting Medicaid premiums and limiting Medicaid expansion cost sharing.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Mixed
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
Would have eliminated premiums and reduced cost-sharing for low-income NH residents on Medicaid expansion, directly reducing healthcare costs for the most financially vulnerable.
Your Community
Removing Medicaid cost barriers helps ensure low-income residents maintain health coverage, reducing uncompensated emergency care costs borne by the broader community.
Your Freedom
Reduces financial barriers to healthcare access for low-income residents, though opponents argue it reduces personal responsibility in healthcare decisions.
Status
Inexpedient to Legislate, Regular Calendar 16Y-8N, Motion Adopted === BILL KILLED ===; 02/19/2026; Senate Journal 4
Voted Yes
0 R
Voted No
0 R
Sponsor
Cindy Rosenwald (D)
The Short Version
Would have prohibited Medicaid premiums and limited cost-sharing for Medicaid expansion enrollees. The bill was killed 16-8 in the Senate. Medicaid premiums create barriers to coverage for low-income NH residents.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Low-income NH residents on Medicaid expansion
- ▲ Hospitals that treat uninsured patients
- ▲ Community health centers
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ State budget if premium revenue is lost
- ▼ Taxpayers if state costs increase
Roll Call Detail (1 vote)
Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.
Who actually supports this bill?
Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans opposed it ( 16 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 8 for ) .
"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.
YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.
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Voted Yea (16)
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