As we approached the 2016 presidential election and change of administration, there were many questions about the future of health policy that the 45th President and Congress will have to address starting in 2017. This event brought together health care experts from both sides of the aisle to discuss what health care will – and should – look like under the next administration.

Topics discussed included:

• The Affordable Care Act
• Drug pricing
• Delivery system reform
• Innovation and research funding/NIH
• Mental health
• Public health

Speakers

• Opening Remarks: Gregory Curfman, Editor in Chief, Harvard Health Publications, Harvard Medical School
• Joseph R. Antos, PhD, Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy, American Enterprise Institute
• Chris Jennings, Founder and President, Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc.
• Moderator: I. Glenn Cohen, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center

Learn More

• Hillary Clinton, “My Vision for Universal, Quality, Affordable Health Care,” New England Journal of Medicine (September 28, 2016).
  • NEJM Editors’ Note: The editors invited the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, to answer the following question for Journal readers: What specific changes in policy do you support to improve access to care, improve quality of care, and control health care costs for our nation? Secretary Clinton responded. Mr. Trump did not respond.
• Check out Politico‘s survey of 40 health care experts: Time to stop fighting, start fixing: Health care experts think the law is here to stay. Here’s what needs to be changed first.

This event was free and open to the public.

Recording

Sponsored by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School and the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, with support from the Oswald DeN. Cammann Fund.