By Dana Wormald | Editor
Good morning, New Hampshire, and welcome to Thursday. Today, William Skipworth reports on the decline in ACA healthcare enrollment in the wake of the expired tax credits. Also, Canary Media’s Sarah Shemkus examines the future of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative as rising costs make some question whether it’s worth the investment. And, in the Thursday commentary, how the use of policy to freeze select populations manifests across issue areas. Thank you for reading, and enjoy the day. — Dana
Edward Shantala, CEO of Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, speaks during a virtual event Aug. 31. (Screenshot)
By William Skipworth
After a set of tax credits designed to help Americans afford healthcare expired, 4,868 fewer New Hampshire residents were enrolled in ACA Marketplace healthcare plans, according to an analysis of federal data by KFF. The analysis, which was released this summer, found that New Hampshire enrollment in ACA healthcare plans fell by 8% from 2025 to 2026. Across the country, enrollment fell from roughly 21.8 million in 2025 to 19.2 million in 2026, per KFF.
“A growing chorus of voices is now questioning whether RGGI is still worth the investment at a time when soaring power prices are straining household budgets.” (Getty Images)
By Sarah Shemkus
Twenty years ago, a group of Northeastern states signed on to a plan to reduce the greenhouse gases spewing from power plants by making generators pay for the carbon they release. Since then, the region’s power sector emissions have dropped by half, and states have reaped more than $10 billion in revenue to invest in energy programs. However, a growing chorus of voices is now questioning whether RGGI is still worth the investment at a time when soaring power prices are straining household budgets.
COMMENTARY
By Dana Wormald
“These assaults on immigrants, voting rights, and education are not disparate endeavors. They are a unified mechanism to assure that one narrow worldview holds sway and power, indefinitely. The price of that effort is steep, and it is unfolding.”
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Doctors say children of immigrants are missing healthcare | Nada Hassanein, Stateline
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