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Change Needed In Concord On November 6


Here’s three easily digestible “bullet-items” that illustrate some of the sweeping changes in the Granite State over the past 15 months due to the ongoing Tea Party-fueled chaos in Concord. 1. Seniors, and all those about to hit Medicare age, had better face front and pay attention if they aren’t already. Along with all the many well-known cuts last year’s GOP-driven budget forced on us, including the loss of over 2,000 school and hospital jobs, House speaker Bill O’Brien’s latest salvo is the proposed state takeover of both Medicare and Medicaid (HB 1560). T is bill, which is being pushed furiously even as you read this over governor John Lynch and


Democrat objections, would give O’Brien’s tight- fi sted cabal the power to slash or end all services depended upon by our elderly, raise the eligibility age for new applicants, as well as create House control of all Medicaid funding. As a “side benefi t” for the social Darwinist crowd, this mandate also authorizes the legislative takeover of SCHIP (State Children’s Health Insurance Program), which has been a national bipartisan boon since president Bill Clinton introduced it back in 1997.


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2. How does someone purchase a gun, from the concealed variety to a hunting rifl e, in New Hampshire now ? Easy … go to a gun store or a fi rearm show and hand over the money. T at’s it. And you don’t have to register your potentially lethal purchase either, unlike your car or boat. T e National Rifl e Association spent a lot of money in 2010 funding the campaigns of their “Wild, Wild West” conservative candidates, and they certainly got a lot of “bang” for their buck. And the House’s January 180-144 “yea” vote to allow handguns on our college campuses was only prevented from becoming law by Lynch’s threatened veto. And the ludicrous coup de grace was O’Brien’s new rule allowing fi rearms in our State House chamber and gallery, creating a tragedy-in-the-making scenario for the benefi t of New Hampshire citizens. 3.


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of our union workers, gays and women has been well documented. But due to a new rule enacted by O’Brien this election year fewer of our young voters will be able to attempt to change the trend on November 6. College students here can no longer vote in the city they reside in unless they establish legal residence there fi rst. And a student driver’s license (if it’s from out-of- state) will no longer be acceptable; nor will your college ID. Similar legislation was recently blocked by the Justice Department from being enacted in South Carolina, but it’s currently alive and well in the Granite State. T e new Concord Republican majority has led an incessant, budget-fueled assault on New Hampshire’s hospital and school


systems, public safety laws, social programs and health plans. T is is despite all their continually spouted rhetoric about “smaller government” and their having a “pro-business” agenda. Nothing they have done so far has the slightest bit of relevance to job creation and state infrastructure. Instead a plethora of ideology-driven legislation, some of it actually in violation of our state Constitution, has become a business and employment destroyer. And the irony is that we’ll all pay far more monetarily for these reforms, not to mention losing many of our citizen benefi ts formerly known as the “New Hampshire Advantage” until the GOP House/ Senate takeover last year. To these people smaller and cheaper government is fi ne as long as they aren’t aff ected by the mess they’ve infl icted upon us. But how about the many thousands of our citizens who ARE impacted? We’ve been extremely lucky to have John Lynch as


our governor for the past four terms. As a centrist, reach-across-the-aisle leader he spearheaded New Hampshire’s rise to become one of the most respected of all our 50 states in nearly all measurable areas. With his retirement looming in January 2013 the Democrat party has a pair of admirable candidates, Jackie Cilley and Maggie Hassan, that we’ll all be hearing, reading and writing a lot about in the next seven months. While the GOP side has Ovide Lamontagne, whose legislative priorities include eliminating Medicare by cutting all federal money granted to New Hampshire, restarting the fi ght that was just settled last week by banning gay marriage, instituting a Constitutional amendment overturning Roe vs. Wade in its entirety, abolishing the Department of Education and making English the offi cial language of the United States. Sound familiar?


William F. Klessens, Salem


Obama for America Offi ce Held Healthcare Expert Panel


On April 2, the Nashua Obama for America Offi ce hosted a panel of healthcare experts with detailed information and examples of how the Aff ordable Care Act will help people in New Hampshire and all over the country. T ree Doctors - Bill Toms from Dartmouth Hitchcock in Hanover, Ralph Freidin from Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, and Sarah Henry from Boston Children’s Hospital and a New Hampshire resident spoke. T e fourth panel member, also a subject matter expert, Representative Cindy Rosenwald from NH State Legislature is a member of the Finance Committee focusing on Health and Human Services. T e room was fi lled with people interested in learning


more about the Aff ordable Care Act - not from CNN or Fox News - but from real people with real information - people who are intimately involved in health care.


T e examples and stories were compelling. Stories of people who die for lack of health care, people who cost the system millions of dollars because they don’t have access to preventative care, people who are cut off from health care when they get sick (yes, this really happens!), people whose lifetime cap is met when they are babies. T e stories were heart wrenching. I’m sure you have a personal story or know someone in your circle of acquaintances who has been at the mercy of the insurance companies or lost their job and had to pay exorbitant premiums. In all cases, these subject matter experts totally


support the Aff ordable Care Act. Already, preventative care with no out-of-pocket costs is making a diff erence for 434,000 Granite Staters. People with Medicare are guaranteed free preventative care. In 2011, 155,000 NH seniors got free preventative service. An estimated 545,000 Granite Staters used to have lifetime caps on their care. Insurance companies are fi nally prevented from canceling coverage because of small paperwork mistakes. Upwards of 69,000 NH children have pre- existing conditions. With the Aff ordable Care Act, no insurance company can deny them coverage. T e health care law strengthens Medicare for 220,000


Granite Staters. Medicare is essential for our seniors. We all know that living on a fi xed income is diffi cult but health care costs can push folks into abject poverty. Can you imagine what it would be like for your grandparents or elderly parents without Medicare? It is unthinkable! T e Aff ordable Care Act will help Small Businesses.


Many small business owners are only able to operate because their spouse has a job with health insurance and they cannot off er employees insurance. T is will change and will open opportunity for many people otherwise handcuff ed by the insurance issue to open a small business where they will even have the ability to off er employees insurance. Doctor Freidin from Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge gave fi rst-hand examples of how well RomneyCare is working in Massachusetts. Examples of patients who are receiving preventative care when they wouldn’t have before, patients who are actually alive now when they wouldn’t have been before. But, the Republicans continue their misguided push


to abort the healthcare act, do away with Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. T ey are being pushed by the big money people - the 1 percent - to tear down the fabric of healthcare and retirement security in this country for the 99 percent. I’m one of the 99 percent and I feel strongly that the


Aff ordable Care Act should be fully enacted. I thank President Obama for his stand for ObamaCare - he truly cares!


Dee Lewis, Salem


Scout Leader Don Bohnwagner Named Salem Family Resources 2012 Children’s Champion


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Fashion Show & Tea benefi t, Sunday, April 22, 1-3 p.m. at Searles Castle in Windham. The award is given each year to a local resident for signifi cant work to improve outcomes for children in the greater Salem area. “Don Bohnwagner has freely given thousands of hours of public service over the years to boys and young men in this community through his scouting leadership alone,” said former Barron School Principal Dick O’Shaughnessy, who noted Bohnwagner was as much a fi xture in his school as his staff in his 40 years of scouting leadership. O’Shaughnessy nominated Bohnwagner for the award. Over the four decades he volunteered with


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the Boy Scouts, Bohnwagner has led and inspired countless children in greater Salem to do their best, in keeping with the Boy Scout motto, including 28 scouts who have earned the status of Eagle Scout. Scouts under Bohnwagner’s direction and supervision have volunteered for numerous community and civic projects, strengthening the boys’ commitment to community service while helping individuals, families and the community as a whole. The father of fi ve sons and two daughters,


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Sons of Italy, and the Atkinson Lions Club. An Atkinson resident, Bohnwagner retired in 1996 from Lucent Technologies. Advance tickets to the Tot to Teen Fashion Show and Tea are $15 and may be purchased online at Salem Family Resources website, www. salemfamilyresources.org or by calling Cindy Jury at 898-5493. Show sponsors to date include Kohl’s of Salem, Kiwanis Club of Salem, Partners in Family Wellness, Pentucket Bank, Boys & Girls Club of Salem, BodyPwr Personal Training, Custard Shoppe of Amesbury, Salem Farmers Market, Greater Salem Artists Association, RE/MAX Insight, The Wine Steward, Tupperware/Trish Delvecchio, Salon Grazie, Enterprise Bank, Eco Salon, European School of Dance, Lynn Bolduc, Pediatric Dentistry of Salem and Kim’s Cookies for Cancer. About Salem Family Resources: Serving the greater Salem area since 1994, Salem Family Resources-Success By 6 is a nonprofi t organization that provides support and programs to families to help them meet the physical, social, emotional and educational needs of their young children. For more information about the organization and its programming see www.salemfamilyresources.org, or contact us at info@salemfamilyresources.org or 898-5493.


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