Aug. 7 – Scams, Open Enrollment, and Farms | NH State Representative Steven Smith

Open Enrollment

If you have health insurance through one of the state programs, like WellSense, August is the time to make any changes. There are three programs to choose from, and a comparison is available when you log in to your NHEasy account. If you do not have health insurance, this is a great time to apply at NHEasy – Gateway to Services

Be Careful Out There

Despicable characters like to prey on people when there is some calamity going on, like a pandemic. Here are some things to be aware of:

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a report regarding an increased amount of activity around online shopping scams. The full content can be read here: https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2020/08/05/fbi-reports-increase-online-shopping-scams on their website.

Here is more from the FBI Internet Crime (https://www.ic3.gov/media/2020/200803.aspx), a well done write-up from AARP (https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2019/online-shopping.html ) updated back in March of this year, and one more from the FTC (https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2020/07/scams-online-sales-when-orders-dont-arrive) centered around COVID online scams.

No government agency will call you and demand credit card payments. If you have a question about a sketchy call, get their info and call back once you’ve checked them out. ~ Steve

State expands COVID-19 testing to 19 hospitals

https://www.unionleader.com/news/health/coronavirus/state-expands-covid-19-testing-to-19-hospitals/article_fb63fa66-64f6-5869-86f8-ee97da7c9930.html

More than 5,000 properties to get broadband access

https://www.unionleader.com/news/health/coronavirus/more-than-5-000-properties-to-get-broadband-access/article_5d554b55-cbdc-517b-ae7f-b274992530d9.html?block_id=664693

NH DHHS COVID-19 Update – August 6th, 2020

On Thursday, August 6, 2020, DHHS announced 25 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 6,742 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire. Several cases are still under investigation. Additional information from ongoing investigations will be incorporated into future COVID-19 updates. Of those with complete information, there is one individual under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 68% being female and 32% being male. The new cases reside in Strafford (8), Rockingham (5), Carroll (2), Cheshire (1), and Merrimack (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (4) and Nashua (3). The county of residence is being determined for one new case.