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Exit Interview: Health & Human Services Commissioner Nicholas Toumpas

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We're sitting down with outgoing Health and Human Services Commissioner Nick Toumpas. As head of the state's largest agency for eight eventful years, Toumpas dealt with several enormous challenges, from Medicaid expansion to medical marijuana to the opioid epidemic. We'll get his take on his tenure as he prepares to leave office, and ask what advice he might give his successor.

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  • Nicholas Toumpas - commissioner of New Hampshire's Department of Health and Human Services. He is stepping down this month after eight years in the position. 
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