Government

An expert on the National Health Service says the reason America doesn’t have universal coverage might be a difference in mindset.

To protect a population’s health, governments might have to think beyond access to care.

As governors are gathering in Washington, D.C. to discuss ways to address the challenges and opportunities facing their states, we have highlighted a number of state leaders with promising ideas on the future of work.

Empowering local leaders to take ownership of consumer debt and continue to drive solutions forward

To meet its vast responsibilities for more than $2.5 trillion in products, the FDA should operate from a structure that best accommodates rigorous, science-based decisionmaking. This White Paper documents the growing demands on the agency and current barriers to regulatory efficiency, and provides supporting evidence for the Commissioners’ consensus recommendation on a two-step pathway to independence.

In June 2016, six former Commissioners of the Food and Drug Administration convened at Aspen Ideas: Health (previously Spotlight Health) to talk about the challenges facing the FDA. From that stage, they publicly announced their consensus view that the FDA should be transformed into an independent federal agency.

This week, 20 states elected new governors who will face the opportunity and challenge of helping prepare their states for the many ways that work is changing. We hope that these policy ideas can serve as a starting point for governors as they build a vision for the future of their states.

Connecticut’s Office of Early Childhood unveiled a new program to support children and their parents.

The changes were underway for decades, according to EJ Dionne and Norman J. Ornstein.

Democratic governors discuss how their priorities are making a difference and the challenges that lie ahead.