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Hi friend of PRX,

Here we go again. The health care reform debate.

We’re bracing ourselves with a prescription for good radio: take two of these for some much needed laughter, and check out the documentaries from WBUR and Karen Brown below for some excellent health care issue coverage.

PRX is a healthy habit…

-John

Say “Ahhh!” 

Health care specials

The Doctor Can’t See You Now

Inside Out Documentaries | 00:58:27

As more doctors become specialists, patients are finding it harder to see a primary care physician. We may be losing out on an important way to improve the nation’s health and reduce the spiraling costs of health care.

Who Benefits from Massachusetts Public Programs

Karen Brown | Part of the Health Reform in Mass. series | 00:05:28

Almost a quarter of a million people who were uninsured are now getting free or subsidized health care in Massachusetts, but there are still complications and questions about long-term viability of the state’s new public health plan.

More on health from the nurse shortage to end-of-life care

Don’t Forget Dad 

Father’s Day is Sunday

Father’s Day

Jake Warga | 00:05:25

While clearing his parents’ stuff out of storage ten years after their deaths, producer Jake Warga found a box of cassettes of his father interviewing him as a kid.

A Better Father

Viki Merrick | 00:06:22

Dave Masch of Cataumet, Mass. shares personal stories about learning from his father’s mistakes and omissions.

More for Father’s Day

Summertime… 

And the programming’s easy

Road Trip

Hearing Voices | 00:54:00

An hour of travelers’ tales for summer adventurers, from spending a day with an ex-KGB spy, to hitchhiking across the U.S., and more.

Summer Fun

B-Side Radio | 00:22:57

B-side explores summer love, a “hippie camp,” the air conditioner repair business, and one very long road trip.

All flavors of summer audio, plus youth-produced pieces

Plan Ahead 

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