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Aspen Ideas Festival
Protecting Earth’s Last Conservation Frontier: The High Seas
Season 2
Episode 132
The high seas comprise 40 percent of the surface of our planet, 64 percent of the ocean surface, and nearly 95 percent of its volume, yet they are largely ungoverned and unprotected.
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Poverty is a powerful stressor that influences growth and development in children
39:44
Learn why that claim is made in the new PBS American Masters documentary, James Beard.
1:27:17
Infectious diseases represent one of the greatest threats to global health and security
1:28:29
240 million opioid scripts to Americans every year, the potential for abuse is enormous
55:20
Can health interventions really change hearts and minds and turn potentially violence?
58:52
What can we learn about the future of health care?
57:51
The population is deeply concerned about rising health care costs
59:04
Community health workers, social media networks, and local residents,fight against disease
44:50
Will a patient-centered, data-centered or payment-centered system ultimately dominate?
1:05:25
Discussing new approaches to the Affordable Care Act
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Kathleen Sebelius, 21st secretary of HHS, discusses the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
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Opening Session