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![Is Health Care a Human Right?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/838e6efb-be6c-4b99-9927-93c7856060aa/43024223221_cc71c74b6b_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1376%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
Do we have a right to health care? The United States remains the only developed country in the world unable to come to agreement on the answer. While many feel that the US government crossed a line with the Affordable Care Act’s mandate, others hope the program will expand. But do we even maintain consensus on the status of rights such as security, water, and shelter — and...
![Putting the United States on the Path to Universal Coverage: Lessons from Abroad](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null03e47b79-6cff-40db-af7d-3455afb0da87/48109088033_428a19ecf4_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1376%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
Universal access to health care means many things in many nations. Taxes support a single-payer system in the United Kingdom, and health care providers are reimbursed directly by the government; patients pay nothing at the point of service. In the Netherlands, the government defines a basic benefit package and regulates private insurers; everyone is required to buy coverag...
![The Endlessly Fascinating Immune System](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/0bf3217d-29f8-4a14-90f7-4f90340509e5/AdobeStock_259048293.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1301%2C0%2C4052%2C4050&w=290)
![Broader Access is Vital to the Future of Testing and Healthcare Innovation](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/c3da28c8-e5f0-4b2d-b8c1-e1db6cb4473a/Abbott-BinaxNOWHomeTest-DS_L9098.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1669%2C0%2C5341%2C5343&w=290)
Building on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, there are significant opportunities to expand the use of rapid testing to address many health challenges around the world- from infectious diseases like malaria and HIV to non-infectious health needs like prenatal care. Learn how Abbott is intentionally approaching product development to democratize, decentralize and...
![Healing Serious Mental Illness](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/f34dc476-aae6-4b60-bbd4-385d7fe516ca/52172837005_a1bfe2d1f2_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C1376%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
More than 14 million Americans live with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, yet the availability of urgently needed treatment is completely inadequate. In Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health, author Thomas Insel offers a pathway towards wellness built around what he calls the three Ps—people, place, and purpose. A psychi...
![New Prescription for Trust](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/290bac42-f841-4530-b4d7-d1e32a03dc4d/53807869390_cfe6318fa0_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C3101%2C3101&w=290)
Although most Americans (83%) still trust their doctors to tell them the truth about health issues, fewer than half have faith in healthcare CEOs, government leaders, or journalists. As trust declines, people are turning to less reliable sources of medical information. The result: 40% of those surveyed say they regret a health decision they made based on misinformation. Sh...
![The Next Pandemic is Coming. Will We Be Prepared?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/abf9df48-4f6f-4646-b141-12c45b89fcce/_Workersinyellow.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=500%2C0%2C1332%2C1332&w=290)
As new public health threats brew, we need to ensure there is capacity within our health systems to serve the people of this country. There is a strong business case for readiness, but it requires a paradigm shift in how we think about the intersection of routine care, unscheduled care, and the health of the populations we serve.
![What Will It Take to Prevent Dementia?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullcc3e900f-e810-4f9a-be8b-85b23e68e2f5/48109027581_a812dcc2d6_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=904%2C0%2C3600%2C3600&w=290)
If we are lucky enough to reach age 85, we face a 25 percent chance of dementia, and the odds worsen with time. Some 50 million people worldwide were living with dementia in 2017, and that number is predicted to double every 20 years so that by 2050, the afflicted population will reach 132 million. The most common cause is Alzheimer’s disease, an invariably progressive con...
![Aspen Ideas Festival 2020: Keisha Lance Bottoms, Walter Isaacson, Erik Larson, and Henry Paulson, Jr.](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulld240bc4e-79d0-4f0e-8414-a301e77d03f4/AspenIdeasFestival-episode42.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=693%2C0%2C1613%2C1613&w=290)
![Can Zika Be Contained?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/08dff6ec-0b17-42ab-9f70-5fb778bd32fc/27880994725_e8bf25d0b1_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=2453%2C0%2C4907%2C4912&w=290)
![Driving Healthcare Innovation in a Pandemic](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/4c982896-b485-42fb-b0f8-be85ef4b8dd3/Digital-Option2.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=143%2C0%2C915%2C916&w=290)
Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry had to quickly adapt to confront the rapidly evolving challenges facing its patients, customers, and employees. Learn how three key decisions enabled Merck & Co. to accelerate innovation in 2020 and why these lessons will be critical to future success in addressing the most pressing healthcare challenges.
![Is Space the Next Frontier of Health Research?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/d5a7e21c-d240-4dd3-930a-b5b60ea852bf/AIHDonoviel.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=5010%2C0%2C6754%2C6750&w=290)
For health researchers, space is proving to be a unique laboratory to explore stem cells, pharmaceuticals, 3D bioprinting, food science, and more. TRISH's Dorit Donoviel, an Aspen Ideas: Health 2023 speaker, explains how collaboration and open science can help advance these "out-of-this-world" discoveries for all mankind.