Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• The politics of health care reform
  From access issues to pharmaceutical policy, health care will be a key issue on the minds of voters. Midmorning's experts look at current problems, and future models for a system that many say is broken.9:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Stephen Soumerai: Professor of Ambulatory Care and Prevention at Harvard Medical School.
  Fred Ralston: Chair of the Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians. He's also a practicing physician.
  More from MPR
  Those not-so-flexible spending accounts (12/19/2007)
  Minnesotans spending more on health care (12/19/2007)
  Employees not seeing many HSA bargains (11/25/2007)
  Groups target Bachmann on children's health insurance (10/12/2007)
  Resources
  About Stephen Soumerai
  About the American College of Physicians
• Is a third party candidate viable in '08?
  Independents gather at the University of Oklahoma, perhaps to dub New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a political moderate, as their choice for president. Third parties may have a particular challenge in 2008 carving out a centrist position.9:45 a.m.
  Guests
  Ross Douthat: Senior editor at Atlantic Monthly and blogger on Atlantic Online.
  Ron Rapoport: Political science professor at the College of William and Mary and co-author with Walt Stone of "Three's a Crowd:The Dynamic of Third Parties, Ross Perot and Republican Resurgence."
  Resources
  Bipartisan Forum at Oklahoma University
  About Ronald Rapoport
  Ross Douthat on Atlantic Online on Bloomberg
• Organ donation policies under review
  Medical experts are reforming the first-come first-serve policies of the national organ donation registry. Midmorning examines the challenge and controversy of deciding who gets an organ.10:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Michael Shapiro: Vice chair of the ethics committee at United Network for Organ Sharing, and a transplant surgeon in New Jersey.
  Robert Montgomery: Associate professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Transplantation at the Johns Hopkins University and Hospital.
  More from MPR
  Should organ donors be paid? (11/21/2007)
  U of M program taps new kidney donors (11/07/2007)
  Resources
  United Network for Organ Sharing
  About Robert Montgomery
  LifeSource Upper Midwest Organ Procurement Organization

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• Talking Volumes
  The new season of Talking Volumes welcomes Barbara Kingsolver on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m.
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