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ArchivesNH Delegation Pushes for More Heating AidBy Julie Donnelly on Thursday, November 3, 2005.Members of Congress from the Northeast and the Midwest have been feverishly trying to put extra money in the federal budget to pay for Low Income Heating Assistance. Congressman Charlie Bass has put an amendment in the budget bill, and brought a New Hampshire energy official to Washington to testify to the importance of the program. NHPR Correspondent Julie Donnelly reports from Washington. listen:
  Council Rejects Medicaid Computer ContractBy Josh Rogers on Thursday, November 3, 2005.The 61.8 million dollar deal was subject to intense lobbying efforts on all sides, and the council's rejection of the lowest bidder -- the ACS company, led a key lawmaker to cry foul listen:
Hepatitis C: The Uncounted Disease Part TwoBy Jon Greenberg on Thursday, November 3, 2005.Yesterday, we reported on the rapidly growing impact of Hepatitis C on New Hampshire. Hepatitis C kills about 10,000 people a year in the U-S, about the same number as die from AIDS. But unlike with AIDS, the death toll from this virus is expected to triple in the next ten years. That increase has little to do with the spread of the disease today. It is due almost entirely to infections that took place two and three decades ago. That 20 to 30 year gap is important because the types of people who got infected in the past are different from the people who get infected today. NHPR's Jon Greenberg reports. New Hampshire Healthy People 2010 Complete table of NH hospital charge trends listen:
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