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ArchivesWant to Control Health Care Spending? Focus on DoctorsBy Jon Greenberg on Thursday, July 20, 2006.This week, NHPR has focused on consumer driven health care, a new movement that gives patients a financial stake in deciding the treatments they get and the price they pay. The ultimate goal is to put the brakes on rising health care costs. Over the past few days we've presented a variety of views and this evening, we hear from a skeptic. Dr. Elliot Fisher at the Dartmouth Medical School spoke with NHPR's Jon Greenberg. Fisher says if you want to control spending, the people to target are the doctors, not the patients. listen:
  Consumer Driven Healthcare: A 2 Hour Exchange Special (Part 2)By Laura Knoy on Thursday, July 20, 2006.In the second half of our two hour special, we look at consumer driven health care in New Hampshire. We'll define what it is, see if geography makes a difference in where these types of plans work, get the breakdown of consumer driven health care versus the traditional HMO-type plan in our state and ask how feasible it is for these programs to make an impact here in the Granite State and on health care costs in general. Laura's guests are Charlie Arlinghaus, President of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy Study and Rob Nordgren, Pediatrician, Executive Director of Child Health Services in Manchester and Co-Chair of the New Hampshire Citizen’s Health Initiative and Rob Nordgren, pediatrician and executive director of Child Health Services in Manchester and co-chair of the New Hampshire Citizens' Health Initiative. We'll also hear from Leslie Ludtke, Health Policy Analyst for the New Hampshire Insurance Department, Jennah Partington, Customer Service Supervisor for New England Employee Benefits Company to give us the perspective of New Hampshire companies who have considered consumer driven healthcare plans and have either signed up or passed on them and Michael Green, President and CEO of Concord Hospital. listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
Rape in a Small TownBy Shay Zeller on Thursday, July 20, 2006.The 1991 rape of 76-year old Florence Holway in Alton set off a chain of legislative events that permanently changed the legal statutes regarding victims' rights in sexual assault cases in New Hampshire. We'll talk with filmmakers Charlene and Jeffrey Chapman, whose HBO documentary explores the case. We'll also talk with Sandra Matheson, the director of Victim/Witness Assistance in the Attorney General's office. *** This is a re-broadcast of a Front Porch episode that origninally aired March 14, 2006. listen:
What Might Consumer Driven Care Hold for the Future?By Jon Greenberg on Thursday, July 20, 2006.Our series on the latest movement in health care continues this morning. All this week, we've been looking at what is called consumer driven health care. This is insurance that gives patients a financial stake in deciding the treatments they get and the price they pay. But just to say "consumer driven" raises some fundamental questions about what forces shape our health care options and who makes decisions over the services we use. Today, we hear from one of the originators of the consumer health care movement and explore how consumer preference might play itself out in the health care industry. New Hampshire Public Radio's Jon Greenberg has more. listen:
Consumer Driven Healthcare: A 2 Hour Exchange Special (Part 1)By Jon Greenberg on Thursday, July 20, 2006.In the first half of our two hour special, we play an edited rebroadcast of a town hall style forum moderated by NHPR Executive Editor Jon Greenberg, held in Manchester July 19th. Jon and his panel discuss consumer driven health care- what it's all about, the pros, the cons and where it's going. Jon's guests are Michael Parkinson, Executive Vice President of Lumenos, Philip Boulter, former Medical Director, Tufts Health Plan, and Nancy Kane, Professor of Health Management, Harvard University's School of Public Health. listen:
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