alec mcgillis is a healthcare reporter and can't answer that question. eddie on the republican line. go ahead. caller: i don't consider it reform at all. i think it is more of the same. that's all we're going to do is just insure more people. we're nation of litigants. we have twice as many lawyers as we have doctors. we're just going to have three times as many lawyers as doctors. the beauty of europe is that a doctor in a hospital is sacro sanct. you don't bite the hand that feeds you. don't go there and sue them, please. host: what about tort reform? guest: you're right. there is some language raring tort reform. i think about 25 million or $250 million to encourage states to head up some new pilot programs to deal with the problem of malpractice, concerns about malpractice. you know, and just beyond that, you said that you don't see this bill as reform, there are a lot of people that think that's really true in a broader sense, that this bill did a lot to cover the 40 million americans that don't have coverage but didn't do enough on the side of redu

alec mcgillis is on after that discussing a series of essays on the recently-passed health care legislation. at about 11 a.m. eastern, jonathan gruber, the director of the health care program at the national bureau of economic research presents his thoughts on health care. his book is "health care reform: what it is, why it's necessary, how it works." and then we hear sally pipes' perspective. she argues against president obama's health care initiative and presents her own plan. and our health care programming concludes with eric topel. he contends that digital technology can make medical care more effective. for a complete schedule of booktv's programming this weekend, visit booktv.org. >>> up next on booktv, trita parsi looks at the obama administration's diplomacy towards iran over the past three years and argues that domestic politics in both countries have negatively impacted the chances for relations. this is about an hour, 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much. it's always a great pleasure coming to busboys and poets. i'm forever indebted to andy and his fantastic team not only