In Support of Cinde Warmington
Within hours of Cinde Warmington launching her campaign for governor, her opponents were on the attack, again. Republicans are attempting to smear Cinde for her previous legal work.
It’s wrong to attack Cinde for something that was unknown 24 years ago, when the firm Warmington worked for was hired by Purdue Pharma to get OxyContin added to the New Hampshire Medicaid Formulary. Pain experts then widely touted OxyContin as the best available treatment for chronic pain, insisting that it wasn’t habit-forming. It was not until a year later, in 2003, that the FDA issued its first official warning letter to Purdue for misleading advertisements.
In 2007, it was then-Attorney General Kelly Ayotte who refused to have New Hampshire join the 27 states that sued Purdue Pharma for lying to Americans. Her inaction resulted in New Hampshire not receiving settlement funds for addiction treatment. Now she fails to sue Trump for his healthcare cuts. Kelly has taken tens of thousands of donation dollars from opioid manufacturers and distributors, including the Sackler family.
I have witnessed the compassion Cinde Warmington shows to those struggling with addiction and its stigma, both professionally and close to home. She has contributed countless volunteer hours serving on the boards of mental health centers and the New Hampshire Professionals Health Program, where I worked for 19 years until my retirement.
As a physician, I’m glad she’s committed to reversing Ayotte’s new Medicaid premiums that push coverage out of reach — on top of Trump’s premium hikes that she won’t stand up to. Cinde isn’t going to make cuts that jeopardize substance use treatment and mental health care.
Cinde is the only candidate in this race who is prepared to tackle the affordability crisis and help families get ahead.