News & Events
A ‘Good Guy With a Gun’ Needn’t Shoot It
AFFIRM at the Aspen Institute
Chris Barsotti, program director of AFFIRM at the Aspen Institute, describes his experiences as an emergency physician and gunowner in this Wall Street Journal op-ed and calls for a public health approach [read more]
Budgeting for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Improving the Federal Scorekeeping Process
Health, Medicine & Society
This report highlights consensus recommendations emerging from an HMS convening that brought together former Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Office of Management and Budget leaders. Their conclusion: Structural changes to current [read more]
One Health / One Planet: A Special Magazine on Climate Change and Infectious Diseases
Science & Society
One Health / One Planet is a digital collaboration between the Aspen Institute Science & Society Program, housed within HMS, and the science outlet Leaps.org. Published in May 2022, the magazine offers wide-ranging perspectives [read more]
Reducing the Health Harms of Incarceration
Aspen Health Strategy Group
This Aspen Health Strategy Group report offers five big ideas for tackling systemic issues at the intersection of incarceration and health. Action steps to reduce the harm: repeal the Medicaid exclusion for [read more]
Breakthrough Cures, Blockbuster Costs: Future Directions
Health, Medicine & Society
Published by Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and HMS, this report examines advanced therapies—biomedical breakthroughs that often treat rare conditions and can transform or even save a patient’s life—that tend to [read more]
