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Project Health: The Uninsured

By Laura Knoy on Monday, March 10, 2003.

This week NHPR kicks off Project Health an increased focus on health care reporting in the Granite State. To begin our coverage, The Exchange is going on the road to UNH Manchester www.unh.edu/unhm/ for a town-hall meeting about the uninsured. The event starts at 8:30 and broadcast starts at 9:00. It's also a part of Covering the Uninsured Week http://covertheuninsuredweek.org/. Laura Knoy hosts with a panel of guests TBA.

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Making New Hampshire a More Charitable Place

By John Walters on Monday, March 10, 2003.

Lew Feldstein is head of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. Lew talks about his current work and the earlier phases of his life: his work in the 60s as a civil rights activist, his time as a top official in New York City government, and the better part of a year he spent as the wine steward on John Wayne?s yacht.
www.nhcf.org

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Affordable Dental Healthcare Lacking in NH?

By Raquel Maria Dillon on Monday, March 10, 2003.

When Families First, a low-income health clinic on the Seacoast, opened a brand new dental facility in Portsmouth a month ago, they didn?t have a single patient. Today, they?re booked through April.
The demand for affordable dental care has drawn increasing attention around the state.
Recent efforts to collect and analyze data show that the lack of preventive care is costing the public hundreds of thousands of dollars.
NHPR?s Raquel Maria Dillon has more.

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