Defensive medicine is cited as a major cause for the high cost of health care. Medical malpractice plaintiff’s attorney Tom Comerford tells us that defensive medicine isn’t the problem people say it is and shares his insights on how to make sure you are getting great medical care.

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Patients still trust their physicians. Patients want to know what physicians think health care reform will do to the quality of our health care system. Dr. Joel Schlessinger joins us to talk about his impressions of health care reform legislation and the problems with behind-closed-doors politics.

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William Roth believes health care is a fundamental right. He’s researched health plans around the world to develop a plan that would give all Americans the care they deserve. Has he solved our health care problem? Listen and find out.

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Economists tell us we are rational, but behavioral economist Dan Ariely says we are far from it. Regularly we make decisions more like Homer Simpson than like Commander Spock. Learn how we can harness our irrationality to get better health care.

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Our doctors are our most important medical partners. What are they like? Are they caring professionals or greedy jerks? Medical anthropologist Dr. John-Henry Pfifferling, Director of the Center for Professional Well Being tells us about hardworking, caring doctors and the dark side they can fall into.

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David Beier, Senior Vice President at Amgen and former Chief Policy Officer to the Vice President of the United States tells us about new drug development, health care reform, and how uninsured patients can get access to expensive medications.

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