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10:00Health Care Costs

Diane and her guests talk about rising health care costs, and proposals from President Bush and others for addressing the problem.

Guests

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.

Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA

R. Glenn Hubbard, dean of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University, former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers 2001-2003, and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute

11:00Robert Wilson: "The Explorer King" (Scribner)

Clarence King has been compared with both Indiana Jones and Howard Hughes. A new biography describes his adventures as a scientist-explorer in the 1800's and uncovers why he's fallen into relative obscurity today.

Guests

Robert Wilson, editor of "The American Scholar."

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