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Study Pegs Health Cost-Shifting at 220 million

By Jon Greenberg on Thursday, October 2, 2003.

In the debate over health care, cost-shifting has become a familiar phrase. Whenever a doctor or hospital charges one patient more in order to make up for what another patient doesn’t pay, cost-shifting takes place.
It has been called a hidden tax on everyone who pays health insurance premiums, but until now, no really knew the size of if.
As part of a larger effort to get a more detailed view of health care in the Granite state, a new report finds that in New Hampshire alone, the cost-shifting tax adds up to over 220 million dollars a year.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Jon Greenberg has more.

See the study here

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NH Employers Seek Insurance Premium Solution

By Dan Gorenstein on Thursday, October 2, 2003.

A group of the state’s largest employers are eager to get more detailed information about health care. In fact, they want to rate doctors and hospitals on the quality and cost of their work.

Then, they want to give patients a financial incentive to use those providers with the highest ratings.

It’s an idea that has been tried in only a few other states and health care providers here are worried.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein has more.

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Free State Project Picks New Hampshire

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, October 2, 2003.

It's official. The Free State Project has picked New Hampshire as it's home base. If everything goes as planned, the Granite State could see some 20,000 libertarian-minded people move here in the next few years. Laura's guests are Elizabeth McKinstry, Vice-President of the Free State Project and John Babiarz, Chairman of the New Hampshire Libertarian Party. We'll also hear from a Free Stater in California and from the Democratic and Republican Parties here in the Granite State.

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Exploring our Connection with the Wild World

By John Walters on Thursday, October 2, 2003.

Our guests are Sy Montgomery and David M. Carroll, two prominent nature writers from New Hampshire. They talk about their own experiences with animals, how Western civilizations may have lost touch with the animal world, and the nature of human-animal connections in cultures that live close to the land. They are both speaking at The Wild Side of Place, a conference that will be held this Saturday at the Monadnock Institute of Nature, Place and Culture.

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