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Massachusetts-Based Insurer, N.H. Hospital Group Starting New Insurance Company

 An insurance company and a group of medical providers are teaming up to start a new insurance company in New Hampshire.

The new company is a partnership between Massachusetts-based Tufts Health Plan and Granite Healthcare Network – the parent company for Catholic Medical Center, Concord Hospital, Wentworth-Douglas Hospital, LRGHealthcare, and Southern New Hampshire Health System.

Tufts Health Freedom Plan will begin selling insurance to employers. The company is considering selling in the individual market too, including on the federal healthcare exchange.

"The goal is for Tufts Health Freedom Plan to provide plans and products that are affordable and simpler to use," says Rachel Rowe, executive director of Granite Healthcare Network..

Rowe expects approval from the state in spring, and to hit the market next January.

Before joining NHPR in August 2014, Jack was a freelance writer and radio reporter. His work aired on NPR, BBC, Marketplace and 99% Invisible, and he wrote for the Christian Science Monitor and Northern Woodlands.
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