Dan Hooberman: Reader is against electing John Sununu to Senate again

To The Daily Sun,

We can’t afford John Sununu returning to the Senate.

John Sununu was a New Hampshire Senator from 2003-09. Instead of putting the interests of Granite Staters first, Sen. Sununu prioritized the welfare of drug companies. He blocked efforts to lower prescription drug prices and protected big drug profits.

After we voted him out, Sununu has been sitting on corporate boards, consulting and lobbying for drug companies and earning millions of dollars.

Now after years of cashing corporate checks, he wants his old Senate job back.

It’s important to remember what he did the first time. John Sununu voted to cut Medicaid and backed a health care plan that would have let insurance companies drop Granite Staters with pre-existing conditions. He told us to “stop complaining” about health care. He’s still out of touch, calling the Affordable Care Act tax credits “out of step with New Hampshire,” “totally unnecessary” and “fundamentally wrong.”

Working families in the state are just trying to get the care they need without being crushed by skyrocketing premiums and out of pocket expenses. The ACA and the tax credits are a lifeline for these families. Reductions in Medicaid coverage are devastating for poor families. Loss of insurance coverage for these families will also create pressure to close hospitals and increase Emergency Room overcrowding.

Who is John Sununu going to fight for in the Senate ― Granite Staters or the industry that’s been signing his paychecks?

Dan Hooberman

Laconia