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Medicare: What It Covers, What It Doesn't

By Trish Anderton on Wednesday, October 15, 2003.

Medicare reform is a hot topic on Capitol Hill these days. Among the changes being considered to the government health program are a prescription drug benefit and increased competition with private insurers. All this month New Hampshire Public Radio is taking a closer look at the health system by talking to doctors, patients and administrators. In today’s Profile In Healthcare, NHPR’s Trish Anderton speaks with a Medicare patient who’s discovering just what the program covers, and what it doesn’t.

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Heath Costs Weigh Down Small Business

By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, October 15, 2003.

In this installment of Profiles in Health Care, New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers visits with a small business owner in Belmont who offers a cautionary tale on several fronts.

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