granbury raced to a patient's side with such speed you could hear his tires screeching around the courthouse square blocks away. and if you needed a prescription, dr. wyatt would offer to drop it off at your door on his way to the hospital-- a non-profit community hospital, by the way, run by civic-minded citizens who counted every penny. if any of them were around today, they would surely marvel at our high-tech medicine. but as prudent folks, they would also marvel- in a horrified way, i think-- at the cost of it all. how did we get here? maggie mahar wanted to find out. she's one of our best financial journalists. now, after years of research, she has written: "money-driven medicine: the real reason health care costs so much." during their summer recess, if every member of the house and senate would read it before returning to washington, the outcome of the health care debate might be very different. in this broadcast we will share with you a film based on maggie mahar's work. the book and the film couldn't be more timely as our country wrestles with what to do about money-driven medicine

host: greenberg, texas, cheryl -- granbury on the republican line.ler: i want everyone to read the bill for themselves. if legislators truly wanted reform that would address tort reform. there let us buy insurance across state lines and let it cover pre-existing conditions. there is not one agency that is not bankrupt. putting something this large in the hands of the government will be a national disaster. every country that has tried that option has been dismantled it or is trying to. host: diane in new hampshire rights this -- writes this. the next phone call is from maryland, james, on the republican line. caller: well, this health-care thing has really got me bogged down. my wife will retire next year and i have been on disability for the past 20 years. it is really nagging at me because we will be in the real situation where we will have to make a choice with either buying insurance, or what we will have to do. we will have to make a real decision. host: what age are you? caller: right now i'm 58. my wife will be in a position to hang in there f