CONCORD, N.H. — Uninsured New Hampshire residents and medical providers urged House and Senate panels considering competing plans Tuesday to back expanding Medicaid to cover an estimated 49,000 poor adults.

Kyle Boesch, a 23-year-old recovering heroin addict from Northfield, told the House Finance Committee he earns about $275 a week from two jobs. Boesch said he’s been in jail but is turning his life around. He said he recently needed a cortisone shot for his back that cost $900 he does not have.

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