NH Hospital Association, Hospitals Sue NH Over Medicaid Enhancement Tax

The New Hampshire Hospital Association, along with Dartmouth Health and its affiliated hospitals and Concord Hospital and its affiliates, on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Medicaid Enhancement Tax (MET) to protect access to important health care services for all patients, according to a statement by Steve Ahnen, president of the New Hampshire Hospital Association.

Speaking of Words: Those Silent Consonants

       We often hear about “silent e,” that magical letter that turns a can into a cane or a glob into a globe, as Tom Lehrer put it in his charming song for the Electric Company many years ago, but a greater problem for English spelling is a large set of silent consonants.

AG: Woman Shot During State Police Traffic Stop

Attorney General John M. Formella announces that members of the Attorney General’s Office are responding to a report of an officer-involved shooting that occurred early this morning in the Dover, New Hampshire area with an adult female shot during an incident involving a traffic stop by New Hampshire State Police.