09/16/2025
There are lots of mentions in the news lately about proposed changes to Medicaid. Many of these affect people who use Granite Advantage, which is NH's Medicaid Expansion program. Most people in NH who receive Home and Community Based (HCBS) Waiver services are not part of Granite Advantage. However, it is anticipated that there will be certain impacts to the I/DD and ABD service systems in NH as a result of these changes. The timeline below includes key dates of proposed Medicaid changes over the next several years. Thank you to our fellow members of the NH Medicaid Matters coalition for developing this informational graphic.
📰 You may have heard in the news that there are changes happening to Medicaid in the upcoming months and years.
For example, one of the upcoming changes to Medicaid is that eligibility paperwork will need to be completed every six months instead of once a year, but this change will only impact those in the Medicaid Expansion (Granite Advantage) program, not all Medicaid patients, and it won’t begin until at least December 31, 2026.
The bottom line for Medicaid patients is that these changes are not in effect yet, and your coverage remains the same for now. ✅
📅 Our NH Medicaid Matters team has created a timeline (see graphic below) that we hope will make it easier for NH Medicaid patients to understand when these changes will happen and which Medicaid populations will be impacted. In addition, our website will be updated regularly to help Medicaid patients and providers navigate these changes: nhneedsmedicaid.com/medicaid-changes.
