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New Hampshire’s Transportation Commissioner has announced that the DOT will need at least 35 years to complete all the road projects in the department’s Ten Year Plan.

And he said projects like the on-going Keene Bypass or widening of the Spaulding Turnpike should be scaled back or even eliminated.

But proponents of these projects say it’s way too early to give up on them

There’s that old saying about “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”...and now, the federal Medicare system is taking that to heart with a new initiative to educate Seniors and their doctors about the huge health and financial benefits of preventative care. We’ll look at the realities on the ground right now...and how Medicare itself may have to change.

Guests

• Dr. Charlotte Yeh: Region One Administrator for the Massachusetts Health Quality Partners and Regional Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Region I, a Boston-based agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that administers Medicare and Medicaid.
• Rick Pollack: Family Doctor with Concord Family Medicine, Adjunct Associate Professor of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School and President of the New Hampshire Academy of Family Physicians.
• Tom Maher: Regional Director for Medicare Today, Regional Director for the Healthcare Leadership Council and New Hampshire Director for the Medicare Diabetes Screening Project, a public/private effort to educate seniors about diabetes and improve treatment.

Senator Barack Obama went after a political rival today in a speech in downtown Concord.

The Illinois Senator took shots at Senator Hillary Clinton’s position on international diplomacy as well as her ties to the Washington establishment.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.