right? because if they re saying we ll give you, in this one case, it was a ct scan for the abdomen, it was going to be $4423, that blue shield said we got you a good price, $2400, but when the newspaper called in and asked them for the price they paid in cash, $250. so what is that all about? what is the cost of actually running this scan? i love that, $250! can you imagine? that shows you the technology has been around a while and there s no way it should cost $4000. and to your point, martha, it s caught in the middle man. all this money is caught up in the back and forth between the insurance company and the hospital, and that s why our premiums are so high, that is absolutely the problem of the future as more and more insurance rolls in. martha: it s worth looking into. mark, thank you very much. great to see you. martha: as always. dr. mark seeingel. bill: is this a scandal rocking the vatican, a butler at the center of an investigation, what he was allegedly doing with stole
plentiful, incomes won t be rising, they can t afford college. these are the concerns people have, and that is not the america i know. it has always been american to believe the future is brighter than the past. we have to have a president who believes that. i do. i m optimistic about the future of this country. let me just make that real clear, we do not have to be a nation in decline. we do not have to be seeing what we have seen the last three and a half years. we just have to have someone who knows how to lead to get us back to have the right kind of economy that america deserves. bill: there is a lot more than that. i spoke with mr. romney and his wife ann, as we get a little more personnel now this is the romney family barbecue on memorial day. they have a large family. they had little less than half the family there. part one of the full interview tomorrow, then part two on thursday a little later this week. martha: too bad they don t have any cute grandchildren, you know. bill:
months. we re going to check that number for you. many prices did increase, when you look at individual cities across the country. twelve out of 20 saw prices rising a little bit, including tampa and miami and boy those two places have been hit hard over the course of this housing debacle so we re keeping an eye on the housing market, see if it shows any signs of building up. bill: need to get that foundation stronger again. a twist in the seven for a missing louisiana college student, mickey shunick, screen right, indiana police in bloomington, investigating the disappearance of lauren spere from a year ago, a student at that school who went missing, contacting counter parse in the bayou state after spotting same laters similarities in both states. former nypd detective and fox news contributor, bo, good morning to you. you have done work for the sphere family in how s, smart? smart? we are start?
all right, 17 minutes past the hour. martha. martha: tropical depression barrel ruined memorial day weekend for a lot of men s, that storm dumped a son of rain in the south. we ve got an update of where this is headed next. bill: also remember the doctor credited with helping the u.s. find usama bin laden, now sitting in a jail in pakistan. fox news talked to his brother, his brother is concerned for his life. [ male announcer ] what s in your energy drink?
bill: two bodies were found in the 6-seat aircraft and the pilot of the second plane has been hospitalized. his condition is not known at the moment. we understand he spoke to troopers and was walking around. walking around! martha: incredible. lil lil bill: lucky day for him. mash mash lucky day for him and not for others. that s an awful story. thank goodness those people were nearby. doctors say this is becoming a big problem, hospitals giving cash discounts to patients, sometimes bigger discounts than their own health insurance companies can do. this is an incredible story. you can get a very good deal on cat scans and things if you re will to go pay cash. we ll talk about how that marks how that works. bill: marc siegl is on that. and up close and personal with mitt romney on memorial day. in mid october you re going to have, what, 10 million, 15 million americans who are truly undecided, and they re going to make a decision, because it s going to be that time. and they li