25 in 25: Norm Payson

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By Laura Knoy on Friday, October 12, 2007.
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In 1985, former doctor Norm Payson co-founded HealthSource, which grew to be one of the nation’s largest health maintenance organizations. In the latest installment of our 25 in 25 series, we’ll look back at health care pioneer Norm Payson’s own career, and at the state of health care in New Hampshire today.

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  • Norm Payson, co-founder of Health Source, Inc. and former CEO of Oxford Health Plans in New York City. Dr. Payson currently advises and invests in several health care companies.

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Norm Payson talks with NHPR's Laura Knoy. (Brady Carlson, NHPR)

Norm Payson talks with NHPR's Laura Knoy. (Brady Carlson, NHPR)

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I am responding to Laura'a

I am responding to Laura'a question on today's program regarding Monday's topic of the right to health care. I believe that if we subscribe to the words of The Declaration of Independence which says that we are all created equal and have certain unalienable rights which include the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that indeed we all have the right to health care. As a health care provider, I see very often the disparity between the underserved and the served in or community.

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