Bill Bolton fights for education and expanded health care

To The Daily Sun,

I am proud to support Bill Bolton for N.H. State Senate/District 2. Bill supports public education, the continuation of Medicaid Expansion and other health care options for all of NH’s citizens and broadband access for even our most rural communities.

As a state representative, I have worked hard against legislation which diverts our property tax dollars from public education to subsidize tuition for families who wish to send their children to private and religious schools. Bill Bolton supports public education — from pre-K through our community colleges and university system. Bill is opposed to our tax dollars funding religious and private school tuition.

Medicaid Expansion, which N.H. first approved in 2014, provides quality, affordable health care to over 9,000 people in Senate District 2, and Bill Bolton strongly supports the continuation of this valuable program. Not only does Medicaid Expansion provide needed support to low income workers and their families and those who are currently out of work because of the pandemic, it is also one of the most useful tools for fighting the opioid crisis. New Hampshire's unique and bipartisan effort to implement Medicaid Expansion has NOT resulted in an increase in taxpayer funding for the program. When he is in the State Senate, Bill will work with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to keep this program running efficiently.

As state senator, Bill Bolton will be assigned to committees where he, along with his Senate colleagues, will study hundreds of pieces of legislation. Working with colleagues to find common ground and take the needs of the people of New Hampshire into consideration is challenging and sometimes frustrating. But as I have observed the energy which Bill Bolton has put into the volunteer positions he has undertaken — Selectboard, Pemigawasset River Local Advisory Committee, and Educational Theatre Collaborative producer among others, I KNOW Bill Bolton will be a hard-working senator for the citizens of Senate District 2. I urge you to vote for Bill Bolton on November 3.

Rep. Suzanne Smith

Hebron