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 Granite State Progress: Statement About Senator Sununu Co-Sponsoring 'Making Health Care More Affordable Act"For Immediate Release: Contact: Zandra Rice Hawkins “It’s interesting that Senator Sununu decided to publicly announce co-sponsoring the “Making Health Care More Affordable Act” the same week he is under fire for his votes on health care issues. Tax credits are a short-term, political trick that do nothing to ensure access to quality, affordable health care and would barely make a dent in average health insurance costs —- average family premiums in New Hampshire are over $12,000. Sununu’s health care plan doesn’t prevent insurance companies from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions, like cancer survivors, it does nothing to guarantee a reduction in health care costs and it will not improve the quality of health care in our country. It’s hard enough for families to get good, affordable health care they can count on. If we want health care reform that works, we cannot have elected officials like Senator Sununu proposing so-called “reform proposals” that rely more on private insurance, give us a tax credit that pays for only a fraction of actual health care costs, and do nothing to regulate health insurance practices, premiums or profits. Earlier this week, a broad coalition of health care organizations and advocates stood on the State House steps and signaled a commitment to make real health care reform a reality. We asked which side people were on. Senator Sununu has decided to continue putting us at the mercy of the private health insurance industry that is charging us more, giving us less and putting company profits before our health.” - Zandra Rice Hawkins, Granite State Progress ### Back to Granite State Progress  |