Tough times ahead for many NH families
As 2025 comes to an end, many Granite Staters are feeling the same things. Groceries cost more. Housing costs and property taxes are up. Health care is harder to afford and access.
The CPI and long-term care
To the editor:
Re the article about long-term care (“Long-term care is on the ropes in New Hampshire”) in the Nov. 25-Dec. 8 issue:
The author implies a cost inflation rate of around 13.5 percent compared with payments of 4.5 percent increase, and uses the CPI as the basis for his illustration.
I receive Social Security benefits, and in researching the yearly increase from 2009 to 2015 (2016 is not yet available) I find that it was 8.5 percent, which is a long way from 13.5 percent.
Now I do understand that Mr. Williams wanted to make a point, but there is a difference between poetic license and misstatement of fact.
Donald Bradley
Rye
