U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen

NASHUA – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., will visit St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua today at 10:30 a.m. to discuss the continuing impact of COVID-19 on New Hampshire health care providers and highlight the need to provide additional resources to providers in COVID-19 relief legislation. New Hampshire’s Southern Tier has been disproportionally affected by the pandemic, leading health care providers in the area like St. Joseph Hospital to face significant health and financial challenges as they bear the brunt of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the state. Additional federal support is needed to ensure health care providers are able to maintain operations and serve their communities during this public health emergency.

Throughout the pandemic, Shaheen has repeatedly fought to provide more resources and funding to New Hampshire health care providers. In addition, following calls from Shaheen, the House Appropriations Committee last week released must-pass government funding legislation that includes a key provision to significantly modify the recoupment period on loans to health care providers under the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments (AAP) program and lower the interest rates on the loans.

To date, New Hampshire providers have received $689 million in upfront payments through this program to mitigate the economic shortfall caused by the pandemic.

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