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• An October 15, 2014 Concord Monitor editorial advocated for increased NIH funding. According to the editorial, "On Monday, in a meeting with the Monitor’s editorial board, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen expressed a frustration felt by most Americans…Shaheen has been a major backer of measures to increase funding for the National Institutes for Health, the world’s major medical research organization. Budget cuts forced by Republicans have reduced NIH’s purchasing power by 23 percent. The agency, which pays for much of the nation’s research in basic medical science, had a budget of $28.03 billion in 2004. In 2013, it was $29.31 billion…Last spring, Shaheen and a bipartisan group of lawmakers that included New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee urging more funding for NIH. It is a call every American should support and New Hampshire voters should take every opportunity to demand that congressional candidates give them a yes or no answer on additional NIH funding. The private sector does little work on drugs and vaccines when the research costs and liability exposure is high and the ability to earn a sizeable profit low. As deadly as Ebola is, and as ghastly its symptoms, the virus kills a very small number of people compared with diseases such as AIDS and cancer, so the market didn’t responded until recently. Private foundations can’t fill the gap. Government, in the form of the NIH, must."