First, Medicare is one of the biggest expenditures in the national budget. Over the next month, a bi-partisan Congressional Super-Committee has to decide how to cut 1.5 trillion dollars from the national budget. If the committee doesn't make the deadline, automatic cuts will be made across the board which will affect different expenditures on the budget in proportion to their size. Former Senator John Breaux and former Representative Billy Tauzin discuss how healthcare reform and budget cuts could affect Medicare.

Then, Has America simply wandered off course, or have we dug a hole from which can't climb out? Tom Brokaw asks this question and many others in his new book, "The Time of Our Lives". He believes various private interests funneling money into our political system has caused a national divide that has distracted us from a sense of common good. This decline in values has also caused a loss of nationalistic pride making us an easy target for hijackers who could steer our country down a destructive path. Brokaw does believe, however, that we can regain our national confidence and learn to interact in an ever-crowded world. Brokaw engages in a conversation about our country, offering many ideas for how we can revitalize the promise of the American Dream.

Former Sen. Breaux, former Rep. Tauzin and Tom Brokaw, this week on Prime Time Radio.

First, Medicare is one of the biggest expenditures in the national budget. Over the next month, a bi-partisan Congressional Super-Committee has to decide how to cut 1.5 trillion dollars from the national budget. If the committee doesn't make the deadline, automatic cuts will be made across the board which will affect different expenditures on the budget in proportion to their size. Former Senator John Breaux and former Representative Billy Tauzin discuss how healthcare reform and budget cuts could affect Medicare.

Then, Has America simply wandered off course, or have we dug a hole from which can't climb out? Tom Brokaw asks this question and many others in his new book, "The Time of Our Lives". He believes various private interests funneling money into our political system has caused a national divide that has distracted us from a sense of common good. This decline in values has also caused a loss of nationalistic pride making us an easy target for hijackers who could steer our country down a destructive path. Brokaw does believe, however, that we can regain our national confidence and learn to interact in an ever-crowded world. Brokaw engages in a conversation about our country, offering many ideas for how we can revitalize the promise of the American Dream.

Former Sen. Breaux, former Rep. Tauzin and Tom Brokaw, this week on Prime Time Radio.