My Turn: Legislation endangers practice of medicine
Published: 2/16/2021 6:01:00 AM
The New Hampshire Medical Society, along with the New Hampshire American Academy of Pediatrics, New Hampshire Psychiatric Society, New Hampshire American College of Physicians, New Hampshire Academy of Family Physicians, oppose House Bill 544, “An Act relative to the propagation of divisive concepts.”
This bill defines and prohibits the dissemination of certain divisive concepts related to sex and race in state contracts, grants, and training programs.
From a public health standpoint, there is clear evidence that inequities and disparities disproportionately affect people of color and women. We need to learn about these topics in trainings in order to address them and create true health equity in New Hampshire. If we can’t talk about the facts, we can’t solve the problem.
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POLITICAL ANALYSIS
One thing to remember is when governors give their budget address, that will be the rosiest financial picture you will see for the next five months.
Most governors put their budgets together with chewing gum and baling wire. Reality hits when the House Finance Committee begins its work on the more than 1,300-page budget document.
The other thing you can count on is hearing members of the governor’s opposing party say, “the devil is in the details.” The details emerge when budget writers on the House Finance and Ways and Means committees begin work on the budget that needs to be in place July 1.
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Gov. Chris Sununu presented his two-year spending plan Thursday, a $13.8 billion package that proposes sweeping tax reductions and a series of what the governor called generational investments in the state.
The budget plan, which would increase state general fund spending by 7% over the current budget, includes a handful of new proposals, like the creation of a state Department of Energy and the merger of New Hampshire’s public higher education systems, as well as cuts to several of the state’s major revenue sources. Sununu, a Republican overwhelmingly re-elected to a third term in November, described the overall proposal as a balanced approach to meeting the state’s financial needs in a time of economic uncertainty.
Nurses at state run facilities to get $10 an hour pay boost
New Hampshire Hospital in Concord as seen on Tuesday, July 5, 2016. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff) Elizabeth Frantz
Published: 2/3/2021 6:30:51 PM
Nurses who work for the state run New Hampshire Hospital and Division for Children, Youth and Families are up for a temporary pay increase to help ease staffing concerns.
Both institutions asked for a 10 dollar hourly increase for their nurses to compete with other employers in the state. In a letter to the state’s Executive Council, Heather Moquin, the CEO of New Hampshire Hospital, said the facility has had a difficult time recruiting new nursing staff.