Monday, May 18, 2009

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2009-05-18/single-payer-health-care

Single Payer Health Care

10 a.m. (ET)

Proponents of a single-payer plan argue it is the best solution for the nation’s health-care system. But chances of such a program making it into law appear remote. How a single-payer plan might work and why it faces an uphill battle...

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2009-05-18/colm-toibin-brooklyn-scribner

Colm Toibin: "Brooklyn" (Scribner)

11 a.m. (ET)

Irish author Colm Toibin discusses his latest novel. Set in Ireland and Brooklyn in the 1950s, it challenges the conventional immigration story.

The Diane Rehm Show is produced by member-supported WAMU 88.5 in Washington DC.