OvideCare for New Hampshire?

MaggieCare. ObamaCare. OvideCare?

Hours from the gubernatorial debate tonight at Rivier University in Nashua, Republican Ovide Lamontagne unveiled a health care policy agenda he says will increase competition and lower costs for New Hampshire residents.

In a statement, he said:

"Each state in our nation has a different demographic profile and set of complex market dynamics that influence the health care marketplace. We are one of the healthiest states in the nation but we spend more on care each year than all but nine states. We must take a close look at the unique factors driving cost here in New Hampshire and take steps to address them in a way that will continue to ensure high quality care but at a price all Granite Staters can afford.”

He says his plan includes ways he intends to fight the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and block federal funds related to ObamaCare.

for fighting the implementation of Affordable Care Act and working to block grant federal funds in order to enact New Hampshire based solutions

Snippets of it:

• reduce mandates
• increase competition
• increase the number of insurance products available 

The Lamontagne campaign offered a dig at Democrat Maggie Hassan for policies she fought for in the state Senate, aka "MaggieCare" in the guber-speak, what Lamontagne spokesman Tom Cronin called "her own state-based takeover scheme similar to ObamaCare ..."

Will health care be a dominating issue in tonight's debate?

– Dan Tuohy