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Health expert Phil Longman says while Obama wants to reduce health care costs, he is not cracking down on hospital monopolies. Tea Party expert Theda Skocpol (scotch-pole) says the GOP is riding the back of a tiger. And Bill Press talks with Congressman Keith Ellison.

How can conservatives and progressives come together to reduce health care costs? Author Phillip Longman says, simply, join forces to oppose the monopoly pricing power of hospitals. Harvard professor Theda Skocpol says mainstream Republicans are riding on the back of the Tea Party tiger, and they may soon regret it. And Bill Press interviews Congressman Keith Ellison, who says progressives should remain optimistic.

Phillip Longman

No matter how well Obamacare may work, the administration is doing very little to enforce antitrust laws against hospitals, which drive up the price of medical care, says author and health analyst Phillip Longman.

http://newamerica.net/user/92

Theda Skocpol

Theda Skocpol has studied the Tea Party’s death grip on the Republican Party, and the Harvard professor says it is a “pincers movement” applying pressure upward from the grass roots and downward from the big money interests.

http://www.gov.harvard.edu/people/faculty/theda-skocpol

Keith Ellison

Bill Press and his guest, Congressman and Progressive Caucus chair Keith Ellison of Minnesota.

http://ellison.house.gov/

Jim Hightower

The millionaires' Congress vs. the people.