IMPROVING STATE AND NATIONAL HEALTH CARE OPTIONS FOCUS OF SPECIALS AIRING FEBRUARY 17 ON NHPTV U.S. Health Care: The Good News – February 17 at 9 p.m. A look at communities in America that provide excellent health care at a reasonable cost, and which sometimes covers nearly everyone in town.NH Health Care: Is There Good News? – February 17 at 10 p.m. A look at what's being done in the Granite State to reduce health care costs while improving care for patients. --------------------------------------------(DURHAM, February 9, 2012) – Rising costs, accessibility and quality of care dominate the national and state discussion of health care. NH HEALTH CARE: IS THERE GOOD NEWS?, part of a special focus on health care policy airing February 17th at 10 p.m. on New Hampshire Public Television, explores what’s being done in the Granite State to reduce health care costs while improving care for patients. The Medical Home Project, which the NH Citizens Health Initiative launched several years ago, is featured on this special. Host Allison McNair visits the Mid-State Health Center at Plymouth to show how the Medical Home works for patients and health care providers. A discussion in the NHPTV studio will address some of the tough questions about health care and payment reform and what this means for patients, providers and local businesses. Exploring these issues with Allison McNair will be Dr. Philip Boulter, MD, co-chair of the N.H. Citizen's Health Initiative and the force behind the Medical Home Project; Dr. Christopher Heatherton, a family medicine doctor for Lamprey Health Care in Newmarket; and Cynthia Giguere of Durham, with a patient’s perspective.U.S. HEALTH CARE: THE GOOD NEWS 2/17 @ 9 p.m. Learn about communities in America that provide excellent health care at reasonable cost and sometimes cover nearly everyone in town. One small community in the Colorado oil patch near the Utah border delivers the highest value-for-the-money health care in the United States, and they cover nearly everyone in town in the process. How do they do it? Could other communities do it, too? Correspondent T.R. Reid interviews health policy experts.Resources are available at, and all the programs are available to watch online anytime at www.nhptv.org/health.
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