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To: jlallen who wrote (473024)	10/8/2003 2:32:44 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

I understand that New Hampshire has the second highest health care costs in the nation. Will this be an issue in the Primary?

To: jlallen who wrote (473024)	10/8/2003 2:33:08 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Typical neocon response. Too much truth for you to handle today, eh?

To: jlallen who wrote (473024)	10/8/2003 2:38:16 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Respond to of 769670

"Currently, New Hampshire has 125,000 uninsured residents and pays the second-highest health-insurance rates in the country. Nearly half of small businesses are not able to offer employees any health-care benefits because they simply cannot afford them. New Hampshire for Health Care is focusing its efforts to make health care the No. 1 issue in the presidential primary. In early August the group launched the first issue ads of the primary season, which featured Brooke Gurley, a registered nurse from Lincoln, calling on presidential candidates to offer up comprehensive health care plans. Many have, but the details remain vague. The group has also signed up more than 25,000 "health care voters" who will decide whom to support based on the candidate’s health-care plans. To date, 120 communities, including Manchester, Nashua and Concord, have passed the "Health Care for New Hampshire" resolution, calling on elected officials, including those running for president to offer a realistic plan to fix the health-care crisis. Not surprisingly, health care continues to be the single most-important pocketbook issue for New Hampshire voters, regardless of party affiliation. A recent poll commissioned by NHHC showed more than one-third of voters say the economic concern they worry about the most is rising health-care costs (37 percent). Voters worry less about higher taxes (18 percent), retirement security (14 percent), losing their job (10 percent), or expenses like child care and college tuition (5 percent). Among Democratic primary voters, rising health care costs is even a greater concern (44 percent) and has increased eight points since the first survey was conducted in June of this year." seacoastonline.com