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Monday March 28, 2005

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Week of March 28, 2005

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10:00Medicare

President Bush says Social Security is facing a crisis. But two Social Security trustees say Medicare is in worse shape. Diane and her guests talk about Medicare's financial picture, proposals for fixing some of its problems, and how they could affect you.

Guests

Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA

Joseph Antos, Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy at the American Enterprise Institute

Julie Rovner, health policy correspondent for National Public Radio, author of "Health Care Policy and Politics A-Z," and contributing editor for National Journal's CongressDaily.

Thomas Saving, Social Security trustee

11:00Scott Sandage: "Born Losers" (Harvard University Press)

The American Dream stresses winning over losing. But not everyone makes it. A historian examines the flip side of success through the stories of dreamers, suckers, and other misfits.

Guests

Scott Sandage, associate professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University.

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