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Critics Say Manchester's Sole Refugee Resettlement Agency Not Doing Enough

By Ellen Grimm on Friday, August 7, 2009.

Most refugees who settle in New Hampshire are used to privation.

Once they arrive here, some also get used to bedbugs.

NHPR’s Manchester correspondent Ellen Grimm reports on the housing problems faced by some refugees, and the rocky but improving relationship between Manchester’s sole refugee resettlement agency, and those who advocate for the new arrivals.

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Health Care Lessons From The Bay State

By Laura Knoy on Friday, August 7, 2009.

What can Massachusetts teach us about health care? As the debate rages on Capitol Hill, politicians of all stripes have been pointing to that state’s system of universal care as an example of both what to do and what not to do. We’ll look at how the Massachusetts reforms are faring and find out which parts, if any, might work well on a nationwide scale.

Guests

  • Martha Bebinger, reporter for WBUR in Boston
  • Jonathan Gruber, health care economist at MIT, board member of the Massachusetts Health Connector Program and health care advisor to former Governor Romney and President Obama
  • TBA
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