News & Events
Commentary: The Big, Beautiful Bill’s Ugly Future for Rural Health Care
Aspen Health Strategy Group Co-Chairs William Frist and Kathleen Sebelius outline the catastrophic impact that proposed Medicaid cuts would have on rural American health systems. Their insights, drawn from recent Aspen Health Strategy Group discussions [read more]
Live Session: Live From Aspen — Governors and an HHS Secretary Sound Off
From a special recorded session at Aspen Ideas: Health, hear three former governors—including a former HHS Secretary—explore how state and federal officials can collaborate to improve Americans’ health. KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner moderates this [read more]
Interview: Aspen Ideas: Health returns, featuring speakers on both sides of the aisle
Executive Director of HMS and Director of Aspen Ideas: Health, Ruth Katz, discusses how the programming for this year’s festival has been shaped to reflect the significant changes occurring across the healthcare industry. Click on [read more]
Public Health Grand Rounds: David Kessler Book Talk
On Wednesday, June 11, HMS hosted David A. Kessler, former Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration and co-leader of Operation Warp Speed, for a conversation about his New York Times bestseller, Diet, Drugs, [read more]
Conference: Science & Society
On March 10, 2025, the Aspen Institute Science & Society Program and the MIT Press joined forces to host Building Trust in Science for a [read more]
Research Article: Science & Society
In “Beyond the lab: trust, storytelling and the fight for America’s attention,” authors Aaron F. Mertz, executive director of Science & Society at the Aspen Institute, and Shruti Naik, associate professor at Icahn School of [read more]
