dr. miller and peterson believe some proposal will get through the congress but they are concerned it will be little more than tinkering around the edges. it is the president right about waste and abuse in the system? >> now to that drug overdose of a researcher at the university of maryland school of medicine, which led to the arrest of her boyfriend on in legal drug charges. they were both post-doctoral research fellows at the university of maryland school of medicine. kate amara is live and has the latest. >> please tell us as they began to look into the death of dr. carrie john, they stumbled upon a drug-growing and drug- smuggling operation. dr. clinton mccracken was arrested after his live-in girlfriend the died of an apparent drug overdose. 29-her old doctor carrie john injected herself with a deadly dose of a drug used to treat heroin addiction. >> these were two pharmacists that had been involved in some type of drug operation inside their home. >> it was an marijuana growing operation which describe how the couple met huge cartons of marijuana on every floor of the home. police s

dr. carol miller, she joins us in the studio. thank you for coming in. >> what is it like to see a patient with a strong recovery like that? when you've seen the other end of it? >> amazing. in my 20 years, taking care of patients can leukemia have been amazing. patients like him and others are living testaments to what research, clinical trials and good patient management can do. >> how does it work with a clinical trial? and where chemotherapy is not working? i would think a clinical trial is a brave step. >> it always is. it's amazing how many people are willing to try new things to help not only themselves but others fight diseases like leukemia. it just so happened that right at the time that cord was failing the chemotherapy i started -- i was able to participate in the clinical trial of this new drug called glevac. i was one of 10 centers across the country able to put patients on this trial. he was able to get this new medication. about a year and a half before it was available on the market. he's done wonderfully. he was

dr. carol miller has treated simpler for seven years, she says gleevec is also helping other patients justlike him. >> there are about 5,000 cases of his type of leukemia a year develop in the united states which is a small number. however, the interesting thing about this disease is that because we have such an effective treatment people are living longer and longer with the disease. >> reporter: simpler admits the road to recovery was long and difficult but he encourages other leukemia patients to stay positive and listen to their doctors. simpler is glad he tried gleevec which gave him a whole new lease on life. >> everyday is a gift. think of how fortunate we all are to be able to get up in the morning and do whatever we're going to do. >> reporter: sherrie johnson, abc2 news. st. mary's hospital in st. mary's county is joining forces with med star health. st. mary's is the ninth hospital in med star's health network and the first hospital in southern maryland to join the health care system. st. mary's hospital will have access to medical teaching and residency programs. clinical trial

dr. edward miller now edward of johns hopkins university.ins us to talk about low income and the uninsured when it comes to the health care debate. thank you for joining us. who are the uninsured? guest: often the working poor. people love not signed up for medicate -- people who have not signed up for medicaid, and illegal immigrants. host: what is your group advocating? to? guest: one thing missing from this debate is the delivery side of care. we think we have the mechanisms where we can ensure that we can take care of the uninsured better than we are doing right now, if we have mechanisms in place to make that happen. talking about the populations that come into the system, and ways that we can treat those that are high cost. preventive measures that we have in place. if they are admitted to the hospital and then discharge, that we have services in place to take care of them when they go back to their homes. host: is there anything in the current health care debate that would specifically affect low income? guest: we are concerned about