ms. kuster. this week the first round of regulations went into effect. how will this affect new hampshire's business's ability to provide health care for their employees? >> i want to help families right here in new hampshire. like a number of families who have been struggling with their health care costs, and as a member of the small business community working with new hampshire's businesses for the last 25 years, i know that the double digit increases in premiums are simply unsustainable. the important law that went into effect this weekend was children being able to get their health insurance, having to do with older young people up to the age of 26 being able to stay on their family health insurance, and these are solutions that families needed. what i do not think they did overall was go far enough to control costs. i believe in the competitive model and the increase of competition to bring down costs. that would be a priority for me when i got the congress. it is clear that new hampshire businesses need help from the dramatic increases in premiums

ms. kuster. this week the first round of regulations went into effect. how will this affect new hampshire's business's ability to provide health care for their employees? >> i want to help families right here in new hampshire. like a number of families who have been struggling with their health care costs, and as a member of the small business community working with new hampshire's businesses for the last 25 years, i know that the double digit increases in premiums are simply unsustainable. the important law that went into effect this weekend was children being able to get their health insurance, having to do with older young people up to the age of 26 being able to stay on their family health insurance, and these are solutions that families needed. what i do not think they did overall was go far enough to control costs. i believe in the competitive model and the increase of competition to bring down costs. that would be a priority for me when i got the congress. it is clear that new hampshire businesses need help from the dramatic increases in premiums