that s a mixologist. quickly. brian and gretchen, back to you. steve: by the way, if you would like our recipes, go to www.foxandfriends.com and we ll have them after the show. gretchen: all right. fantastic. margarita day. thanks very much. brian: guys, 20 minutes before the top of the hour. coming up, a startling new report, dozens of unnecessary medical procedures are being done and they re actually hurting your health. dr. mark siegle here to break it down. gretchen: hollywood s biggest night two days away. who can we expect to take home that coveted trophy? oscar predictions straight ahead. brian, the aflac trivia question is all yours. brian: born on this day in 1975, this actress became one of hollywood s most recognized child stars for her role in e.t.. who is she? be first, we ll name a winner i have a cold, and i took nyquil,
medicine says there are 135 medical procedures that physicians claim are almost always unnecessary and could do more harm than good. which tests are being overused? let s talk to dr. mark siegle. he s a member of our fox news medical a team of the good morning to you. good morning, steve. steve: this is important stuff because you go to the doctor and you figure he knows what tests to order, but sometimes they go crazy. steve, listen, we actually order twice as many tests as most other countries. our health care cost in this country are almost twice what they are in most other industrialized countries. i ll tell you why. i had a couple come to me this past week saying scan everything. i want the whole body scanned. i want to make sure i don t have cancer. sounds reasonable, right? except that that kind of testing is what americans do wrong. they say, we want it all. we want to know. it s expensive, it doesn t always give you the right antiyou worry unnecessarily. that s what we h
what the calls investments because republicans are unwilling to accede to his wishes. economy remains poor. that is what they say. republicans say just the opposite. they say because the president will not reduce taxes, because he will not cut government spending that is why the economy is poor and shouting continues. thank you for that update. [ laughter ] nice to see you. the president s healthcare law was supposed to make it more affordable but a glitch, so called glitch in the system could price many families out of healthcare. how did it happen? dr. mark siegle has answers for us. a fiery meeting as a new look what americans are saying about the government versus personal freedom. when angry people get together, this new york area.
come out at the other end a better place. in new york, dr. mark siegle, fox news. rick: switching gears, house republicans are expected to vote to raise the debt ceiling for three months giving congress more time to pass a federal budget. they re warning a failure to do that could result in a freeze of salary. a poll said government spending is out of control k. this new pressure fine will he be enough to get congress to act? our political panel joining us. kristy sellser is president of new heights communication and former spokesperson for vermont governor howard dean. trey hard sun a form republican campaign manager and former aide to the gop house leadership. good to sigh both. thanks for coming in. trey, this news about this idea that we re going to freeze congress pay unless they pass a budget in the senate, now coming under attack. i guess because of something called the 27th amendment, which forbids congress to make any changes to pay until after
arthel: more than two months after super storm sandy hit the northeast, one of the nation s leading hospitals reopened its doors. nyu medical center suffered extensive damage from the storm, but it s now operating at nearly 100% capacity. fox news medical a teamer dr. mark siegle spoke to the doctors and the dean in an exclusive interview. it feels great to have the hospital back up and running. you know. it was a little erie feeling to walk the halls of a hospital and not see a multitude of patients and their families every day. one of the major hospitals crippled by super storm sandy, in, yu medical center in new york city suffered extensive damage. flooded with over 15 million gallons of water, the main campus was shut down for two months.