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The Brian Lehrer Show / July 19, 2007

The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday, July 19, 2007
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    Cost to Whom?

    The insurance company UnitedHealthcare wants to start rating New York doctors according to quality and cost, but New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and others think it’s really a scheme to steer us to the doctors who make them money, not inform us about the best. We’ll take a closer look. Also, Eboo Patel on his generation’s struggle to be both Muslim and American; Gothamist.com's Jen Chung returns to talk New York news; and more on the National Intelligence Estimate.

Infrastructure Breakdown

What caused the steam pipe near Grand Central to blow, and do we need to worry that it will happen again? Kate Ascher, executive vice president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation and author of The Works: Anatomy of a City gives her diagnosis.

Pakistan and The War on Terror

US intelligence agencies released the National Intelligence Estimate this week, and it revealed the central place of Pakistan in the War on Terror. Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies at The Council on Foreign Relations and Carlos Pascual, Vice President and Director of the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution, analyze the details.

July with Jen

Jen Chung, editor of Gothamist.com, answers your questions about what's going on around Gotham each week in July.

Watch a video from a bystander of the steam pipe explosion

The Price of Health Care

Insurance company UnitedHealthcare wanted to implement a system that ranks New York doctors by quality of care and cost of service. The State Attorney General's Office asked them not to. Mary Jo Feldstein, health care reporter for the St. Louis Post- Dispatch, talks about what happened when the insurer tried to introduce a similar ranking system in Missouri. And Debra Draper, associate director of the Center for Studying Health System Change, talks about what insurance companies want to do with these rankings--and how they might impact consumers.

Faith in Moderation, and Vice Versa

Eboo Patel, executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core and author of Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation (Beacon, 2007), looks at how young people can help tame religious radicalism.

Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation is available for purchase at Amazon.com

Michael Moore on Brian's 20th Anniversary

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Live from the Greene Space: Michael Moore talks about his new documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story and Brian celebrates the 20 year anniversary of the show with a 20 year news quiz.

Season's Eatings

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December guests Tamara Reynolds and Zora O'Neill will be answering your holiday hosting questions each week. Segments so far: Holiday Traditions | Gifting Food | Hosting on a Budget

Also check out the live online chats with Tamara and Zora, where they answer all your hosting questions. Chat #1 | Chat #2

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariachily/3330743790/">mariachily</a>/flickr)

Climbing K2: Life and Death

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Ed Viesturs, the first American to climb all fourteen eight-thousand meter mountains, and one of only six to do so without oxygen, discusses his new book K2: Life & Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain (Broadway, 2009).

SUNY Disposition

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State University of New York chancellor Nancy Zimpher, discusses the pressures the system faces and the role it plays in the current economic climate.

A person dressed as a bear to represent a bear market performs outside the New York Stock Exchange on October 6, 200 in New York. Wall Street tumbled after the opening bell as fallout from the credit crisis triggered concerns about the economy and the Dow fell below 10,000 for the first time in four years.

Uncommon Indicators

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The Brian Lehrer Show wants to hear how the economy is affecting the little things in your daily life. Share your stories and photos of the downturn.

Help us map abandoned lots, stalled construction and unsold condos.

Video Picks

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Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.