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Bush is proposing medical savings accounts and other ideas such as tax credits to reform health care. We'll talk about Bush's proposals and how they might help the forty million Americans who don't have insurance. Laura's guests are Nina Owcharenko, health policy analyst with the Heritage Foundation www.heritage.org and Ron Pollack, executive director with Families USA www.familiesusa.org.

During the Winter Games, that most curious of Olympic sports, curling, has gotten more TV time in the US than it's ever gotten before. It's also been the target of jokes about middle-aged athletes who wouldn't look good in Spandex. We'll be speaking with Chet Lopez, longtime curler and former president of the Grand National Curling Club. More curling facts at www.usacurl.org.

A controversy has erupted over the firing of a North Country newspaper editor. Tim McCarthy was dismissed from the Littleton Courier last week. His supporters believe he was fired for editorializing against the U.S. war on terrorism. The courier?s publishers deny the charge. NHPR?s Trish Anderton reports.

The worst drought in half a century has become a serious concern for state and local officials. As Correspondent Roger Wood reports, there is hope that spring rains will begin to return drinking water supplies back to normal.