Terry Gross

Country singer Loretta Lynn married at 13, had six children and created controversy by singing songs about divorce and the pill. Here, she talks about her decades in the music business, her relationship with her husband and a new tribute album, Coal Miner's Daughter.

Dr. Barry Straube, the chief medical officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, offers his assessment of the nation's kidney dialysis program -- and what it could mean for the future of universal health care.

In 1972, Congress launched an experimental program that covered all medical expenses for anyone diagnosed with kidney failure. Investigative journalist Robin Fields shares her findings on the U.S. dialysis experiment -- and the lessons it holds for the future of health care reform.