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From his campaign through his inauguration, Governor Lynch has been calling for a repeal of the state’s health insurance law, SB 110. The bill has been criticized as loading insurance companies with paperwork and smacking many small employers with higher premiums. Last week Governor Lynch announced that he was backing a compromise in changing the law through a new bill, SB 125. The key element to the bill is the creation of a high risk pool. NHPR’s Kerry Grens explains what a high risk pool is and how it would affect insurance rates.

Once again, independent films are making a big splash at the Academy Awards. But some aren't exactly the low-budget, off-beat fare you'd expect from an "indy". We'll look at the blurring definition of what it means to be "independent" and how this category of film is shaping the industry overall. Laura's guest are Garen Daly, film commentator and Artistic Director of the Dedham Community Theatre in Dedham, Massachusetts living in Gilmanton, NH and Larry Benaquist, Chair of Film Studies at Keene State College.