AIF Blog - Health
April 22, 2013
This month marks the 10th anniversary of the sequencing of the human genome and every day, biomedical scientists are working to usher in a new era of genomic medicine based on the insights we now have, said Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Mount Sinai Medical Center, at a recent Aspen Ideas Festival event in New York City."Biomedical researchers are identifying more and more ways to...
September 06, 2012
(Bill Clinton speaking at the 2011 Aspen Ideas Festival) During his DNC speech this week, Bill Clinton gave a detailed defense of the Affordable Care Act's cuts to Medicaid and contrasted Obama's plan with Romney-Ryan's plan. (Read Washington Post's analysis about Clinton's defense.)During Aspen Ideas, several panels discussed the ACA as well as the Supreme Court's decision to uphold it. Here, economist Tyler Cowen...
July 01, 2012
Guest Blogger: Martin GaynorMartin Gaynor is the E.J. Barone Professor of Economics and Health Policy at the Heinz College of Carnegie Mellon University and chair of the governing board of the Health Care Cost Institute, an independent nonprofit dedicated to advancing knowledge about the determinants of US health care costs.Last week's landmark Supreme Court decision was extremely important for the future of the...
June 29, 2012
Festival goers packed Paepcke Auditorium to watch an impromptu panel discussion of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 landmark decision upholding the constitutionality of the 2010 health care law, specifically the individual mandate.CNN's Suzanne Malveaux moderated the discussion between David Brooks, Joe Klein, Tom Daschle, and Vin Weber.Watch the full session here. Scroll down to see a variety of quotes from rousing session...
June 07, 2012
News broke today of a massive lawsuit filed in federal court against the NFL for concussion-related injuries. According to the Associated Press, more than 80 complaints have been consolidated by lawyers into one "master complaint." The plaintiffs hope to hold the NFL responsible for care related to neurological disorders caused blows during football play and practice."Let's face it and be honest, I feel like the NFL...
March 27, 2012
As the Supreme Court weighs arguments on the requirement to buy health insurance contained in the health care reform law, we take a look back at a conversation between David Leonhardt and Paul Romer at the 2011 Aspen Ideas Festival. They discuss the role businesses and unions play in our current health care system, which some argue favors employer-provided insurance.Leonhardt and Romer confer about the missed...
December 01, 2011
To honor World AIDS Day, here is a look back at some of the discussions that have taken place over the years at Aspen Ideas.Focus on Youth, AIDS, and Music with Wyclef Jean, A Special Benefit for YouthAIDSGrammy Award-winning musician and activist Wyclef Jean, founder and CEO of YouthAIDS Kate Roberts, and former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS Stephen Lewis discuss youth and AIDS. Wyclef Jean performs after the...
October 11, 2011
In what has proven to be a controversial move, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued a recommendation last week stating that healthy men shouldn't get PSA blood tests for detecting prostate cancer.This recommendation has lit up the traditional media and blogosphere. CBS reports that prostrate cancer experts bash the panel’s recommendation, and The New York Times outlines the shortfalls of early cancer...
July 01, 2011
Josh Nesbit at Aspen Ideas talking about scaling technology to bridge gaps in health systems. To see more video interviews, go to genConnect's Aspen Ideas page.
June 17, 2011
This year at Aspen Ideas, we’re introducing a new format called “Game Changers.” It features inventors and innovators who are driving change in a variety of fields and will introduce audiences to new approaches in these thoughtful, 15-minute presentations that are not to be missed.Meet Game Changer Lauren Walters, co-founder and CEO of Two Degrees. He’s also a past Festival attendee and was inspired to start Two...