What's good about the Federal/State Medicaid program, and how could it be improved? Tim Westmoreland, a lawyer and health care expert at the Georgetown University Health Law Institute in DC, discusses the problem of getting more people covered.

Judy Feder, dean of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute in Washington DC, discusses what the presidential candidates have to say about health care issues, especially that "one ton gorilla:" insurance.

Todd Cooperman, founder and president of Consumerlabs.com talks about some recent findings including traces of lead in multi-vitamins and a lack of regulatory control in in glucosamine-chondroitin compounds.

Host Paul Raeburn interviews Susan Dentzer, an on-air correspondent for The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, about the NCI budget. It's flat this year and that means less money for cancer research.

Why are pharmaceutical drugs so expensive, and what can be done about it in Washington? Mary Agnes Carey, a reporter for the Congressional Quarterly in Washington, DC, talks to host Paul Raeburn.