A study from the New Hampshire Insurance Department released Monday found that women face challenges accessing appropriate healthcare due to provider shortages, concerns about healthcare affordability, and a low understanding of insurance coverage by participants of online surveys and group sessions. Heaton said the state insurance department’s goal is to increase transparency and education. “What we're aiming to do with a lot of our transparency efforts that we have in the works is to really highlight where we're actually seeing provider shortages,” Heaton said. “What types of providers have shortages and in what areas of the state they are.” The study also identified areas of concern surrounding hospital closures, rural broadband access, Medicaid policy design, the workforce pipeline and culturally aligned care.