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ArchivesMedicaid Changes Face Uncertain FutureBy Dan Gorenstein on Tuesday, November 9, 2004.Health and Human Services Commissioner John Stephen will present his plan to overhaul the state's Medicaid program when he meets with lawmakers Wednesday/today. Few specifics are known about his proposal. But broad outlines include decreasing the state's nursing home population, families picking up a greater share of nursing home costs, and creating health savings accounts for some Medicaid recipients. Until the election of John Lynch, this plan was on the fast track...but as New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports, the change in leadership has slowed the process, and brought a degree of greater scrutiny. listen:
 Whoops, There Goes Another DamBy Roger Wood on Tuesday, November 9, 2004.A 19th century dam across the Bellamy River in Dover went down today. Its removal is intended to restore a fishery spawning ground in the Seacoast region. NHPR Correspondent Roger Wood has the story. listen:
The Scalpel and the Silver BearBy John Walters on Tuesday, November 9, 2004.Lori Arviso Alvord was born on a Navajo reservation in New Mexico. She beat the odds of reservation life and became the first Navajo woman in the field of surgery. She works at Dartmouth and she has a vision for health care that combines western technology with traditional healing techniques. Her 1999 memoir is called The Scalpel and the Silver Bear. listen:
Commissioner MurrayBy Laura Knoy on Tuesday, November 9, 2004.We're talking with Department of Transportation Commissioner Carol Murray about everything from her views of I-93 and our roads to how the Highway Trust Fund should be spent and also getting the status of construction projects across the state. Laura's guest is Carol Murray. listen:
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