Letter To The Editor
To the Editor,
It’s back - Mediscare! And it’s just as false and misleading as
ever.
In December 2013 New Hampshire began being bombarded with ads
attacking Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter, which tried to scare us
into believing that the Affordable Care Act was denying us the
opportunity to renew our policies and keep our doctors. Shea-Porter
immediately responded saying, “Washington Republicans should take
down their misleading attack ads and stop frightening Granite
Staters who hold individual policies from Anthem, because they can
indeed renew their policies and keep their current doctors and
hospitals.” She added that she’d worked successfully with Anthem to
extend the renewal deadline for individual policy holders.
The fact-checking organization Politifact investigated the attack
ads and found them to be false, stating that, “New Hampsire policy
holders were always able to extend their current policies 12 months,
thanks to the state’s early renewal option.” For that reason and
also because Shea-Porter had convinced Anthem to extend its renewal
deadline to December, Politifact rated as true Shea-Porter’s
December statement that, “Granite Staters who hold individual
policies from Anthem ... can indeed renew their policies and keep
their doctors and hospitals.”
Of course most people in New Hampshire don’t hold individual
policies - only 5 percent do - so the majority (with employer based
insurance) are not affected by any of this. We are so fortunate to
have such a hard-working Congresswoman who cares about that 5
percent of New Hampshire citizens and fought to prevent New
Hampshire’s one individual-policy insurer from harming them.
Lew Henry
Gilmanton Iron Works
Celebrate National Library Week April 13-19
At Gilmanton Corner Library
First sponsored in 1958 National Library Week is a national
observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA).
Libraries across the United States celebrate Library Week typically
the second full week each April. During National Library week and
throughout April, libraries host special events to highlight the
unique role libraries play in changing people’s lives. This year’s
theme “Lives Change @ Your Library” will be celebrated at the
Gilmanton Corner Library with free booklets, pencils and bookmarks
for the children of the our community. Come see on display a
beautiful model of the library (with curved door) that was made by
Paul Levesque husband of Martha Levesque a longtime library
volunteer. Open the door to change, and visit the Gilmanton Corner
Library this month to discover a new and exciting world for you and
your family. Hours: Monday & Wednesday 3:00-5:00 Saturday
10:00-12:00.
Gilmanton Women’s Club News
On Monday, April 7, 2014, The Gilmanton Women’s Club will be holding
their first Meeting, for the 2014 season, at the Gilmanton Iron
Works Old Town Hall, on Rte 140, Gilmanton I.W., NH, at 1:30 p.m.
For more information please call Bernadette Gallant,
President at 364-7709 or visit our web site at:
www.gilmantonnh.org Community Gilmanton
Women’s Club or:
http://www.gilmantonnh.org/index.php?pg=org&oc=gwc
[The second web address takes you directly to their page].
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