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State Rep. Marilinda Garcia's recent column in the Concord Monitor (Opinion page, Feb. 18), "Hospital plan improves business climate" misses the mark on a number of fronts. Her legislation, House Bill 1642, would create a special exemption from laws to which all other hospitals in New Hampshire must adhere. How does giving preferential treatment to some at the expense of others improve the business climate for all hospitals in New Hampshire?

The state budget that was adopted last June…

The fundamental promise of Medicaid is that it is a partnership between the state and federal government to take care of the neediest in our society.  But the budget that is about to be adopted by the Legislature turns that promise on its head and is a betrayal of the commitment the State of New Hampshire has made to the people we serve in the Medicaid…

Senators will be voting on a state budget proposal today that its proponents will claim has been balanced without increasing taxes in the Granite State.  But for hospitals, that claim just doesn’t add up; it’s a massive tax increase, plain and…