Consumer Driven Healthcare: A 2 Hour Exchange Special (Part 2)

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.