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10:00Medicare Reform Efforts

Senate Republicans are under pressure to pass legislation reversing scheduled pay cuts for doctors who care for Medicare patients. The White House has threatened a veto. An update on the latest efforts to rein in Medicare costs and reform battles ahead over entitlement spending

Guests

Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA

Stephen Moore, member of the Wall Street Journal's editorial board and former President of the Club for Growth

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.

11:00David Sirota: "The Uprising"

Recent polls find Americans fed up with Congress and the Administration. A political organizer and syndicated columnist examines whether frustrated Republicans and Democrats could lay the groundwork for a new populist movement.

Guests

David Sirota, a political organizer, nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, and author of "Hostile Takeover."

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