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Hospitals Speak to Cost Containment
The commission studying health care costs will greet two new members and hear from New Hampshire’s hospitals when it meets for its third regular meeting today. Hospitals will make their case today to...
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Health Care Hubbub
The fight about health care and insurance continues, and it’s not just about federal reforms — although that certainly takes a front seat in the upcoming legislative agenda. Front Door Politics will...
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Constitutional Debate Over Federal Health Care Action
A Constitutional showdown could be on the docket if New Hampshire lawmakers pass a bill set for a full House vote. The session has been cancelled tomorrow due to snow, so the House will likely take up...
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Progress Report (Part 1)
Nearly two months into the 2011 legislative session, the new roster of lawmakers in Concord have already considered and voted on a slate of bills from A to Z. The action is fast and, at times, furious....
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Medical Malpractice Screening Panels: Do They Work?
Before medical malpractice lawsuits go to court in New Hampshire, they get screened. The idea is to weed out frivolous claims and save judicial resources for legitimate cases. These medical screening...
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Fighting the Feds on Health Care Reform
Should New Hampshire fight last year’s federal health care reform? Most state senators and representatives think so. The N.H. House and Senate have both passed bills to get state Attorney General...
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Collective Bargaining Disagreement
Remember the recent uproar over public employee unions in New Hampshire? The one about eliminating collective bargaining obligations when labor contracts end? It was slipped into the House budget...
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House to vote on fighting federal health care reform
Ready for an old-fashioned Constitutional showdown? We’re tracking an effort by New Hampshire lawmakers to get the Attorney General to join other states in challenging the constitutionality of last...
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Return to Sender
The N.H. House reached a veto-proof majority when it voted 261-104 to approve its own version of a Senate proposal to fight federal health care reform. But will the Senate concur? Sen. Tom De Blois...
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They Said It!
There was plenty to say this week about RGGI, federal health care reform, private prisons, and payday loans. Nanny rates On Wednesday, the House defeated a bill to re-allow a variation of so-called...
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