A panel of authors and journalists discussed health care. The panelists talked about the current health care bill and the myths surrounding the bill, the current health care system in the United States, and it's problems. They talked about the cost of health care and insurance companies. They responded to questions from audience members at the end of the program. Marco Roth moderated.

Dr. Lisa Sanders is the author of Every Patient Tells A Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis. Roger Weisberg's latest documentary film is Critical Condition. Julie Salamon is the author of Hospital. Shannon Brownlee is the author of Overtreated.

"Inside the Health Care Debate" was a program held at 7 p.m. Thursday, November 19, 2009, by McNally Jackson Books in New York City.