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Undecided About Medicare Drug Benefit

By Kerry Grens on Monday, November 14, 2005.

Tuesday is the first day that Medicare recipients can sign up for a new prescription drug benefit, called Part D.

Federal officials call it the most important change to the retirement health system since its inception forty years ago.

But a lot of critics call it the most confusing.

And many want to know whether buying a Medicare drug plan will be worth their while.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Kerry Grens has more.

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Pianist Jayne Kelly

By Liz Bulkley on Monday, November 14, 2005.

It took Concord pianist Jayne Kelly just two hours to record her collection of classical pieces for her new CD, and the result was remarkable. She's a powerful player with an unconventional method of learning and teaching that's attracting attention across the Granite State. We'll listen to the recording and learn about Jayne's life as a classical pianist.

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Problems with Pensions

By Laura Knoy on Monday, November 14, 2005.

The traditional corporate pension – company funded, guaranteed at retirement….seems heading for extinction – due to cutthroat competition, downsizing, corporate bankruptcies…and – laws encouraging other, cheaper and more flexible alternatives. We’ll ask “What ever happened to the Pension”…and what’s taking its place. Laura's guest is Colin Blaydon, William and Josephine Buchanan Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and Director of the Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship.

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