Senator ​Harold French

Government has become far too entangled in our personal and daily lives, and continues to grow larger and larger every year. Government needs to focus on only those basic issues that private industry cannot address (such as Highways, National Defense, A safety net for the poor and disabled, Children, Law Enforcement, Fire Protection, and like issues) — Government now focuses on intruding itself into our everyday life, our individual liberties and is creating a society of entitlement. I will work to bring government back to a simple focus: helping create an environment for good jobs, good schools and good roads.

There is no doubt that our healthcare system is in failure. We need to focus on the basics—satisfied and informed patients. We also need to take down the boundaries that do not allow for real competition in both Healthcare and Health Insurance. In order to provide New Hampshire citizens with real choice, we need national competition among insurance providers that our current system does not allow; we need to stop penalizing/taxing individuals that cannot afford Healthcare; we need to stop penalizing/taxing individuals and businesses because their Health Insurance Plan is "too good"; and we need to make Health Insurance affordable one again. While many of these are now federal issues; I will work to bring New Hampshire to patient centered healthcare that allows patients the opportunity to be smart consumers. Pricing must be transparent and readily available so we can make smart choices.