The High Cost of Healthcare

It’s an election year, and that means we’ll hear a lot of talk about health care. But will that talk have any impact on healthcare costs or the 44-million Americans without insurance? We’ll discuss that and other health topics with Fox News Medical Consultant Dr. Marc Seigel. Then - how prepared are you for the next natural disaster? Arlene Hoag, author of “Do it Yourself Emergency Preparedness” has some simple ways to be ready.

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Health Care Costs and the Uninsured In this Presidential election year all the candidates are discussing health care issues, but will it make a difference? With over 40 million Americans without health insurance, this is an issue on the minds of many voters. Our guest, Dr. Marc Siegel is a practicing internist, an Associate Professor at the New York University School of Medicine and a regular columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He is also a medical consultant to Fox News.
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Emergency Preparedness Hurricane Katrina, California wildfires, Midwest ice storms where will the next disaster hit and will you be prepared? You can be, if you follow the advice of our next guest: Arlene Hoag, author of Do it Yourself Emergency Preparedness: How Ordinary People Prepare for Extraordinary Events
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Dr. Marc Siegel MARC SIEGEL, MD is a practicing internist, an Associate Professor at the New York University School of Medicine and a fellow in the Master Scholars Society at New York University. Dr. Siegel is also Fox News Medical Contributor, a columnist for The Los Angeles Times, a frequent contributor to the Washington Post, USA Today, Slate, and many other publications. His articles are syndicated through Tribune Media Services. He is the author of False Alarm; the Truth About the Epidemic of Fear (top 20 books of 2005 - Discover Magazine) and Bird Flu: Everything You Need to Know About the Next Pandemic. Dr. Siegel was a contributor to the U.S. Senate Finance committee investigation of the 2001 bioterror crisis. Click here to visit his website