The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas from the Bush Institute

What's Next in Health Care

Modern medicine’s complexities are likely familiar to many of us. The care we receive may be very professional, but the system is hard to navigate. Or the costs are unclear as well as burdensome.

Whatever the complications, we know the problems. But what are the solutions?

That is the question we explore in this Catalyst, where we draw upon experts to address the topic in three major ways.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, discusses renewing the public health workforce.

Hear his ideas for strengthening public service.

Dan Goldenberg, Executive Director of Call of Duty Endowment, and Mary Moore Hamrick, the Don Evans Family Managing Director of Domestic Policy at the Bush Institute, explain why veterans trained as health care workers should become licensed medical professionals.

Veterans could curtail health care shortages.

Cullum Clark, Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative, contends that entry into the health care workforce must be simplified.

Read how to develop future caregivers.

Dr. Deborah Birx, a Bush Institute Senior Fellow, applies lessons from her experiences with COVID-19 and PEPFAR to improve rural health care.

We have the solutions. Let’s use them.

Matthew Brogdon, Executive Director of Hesperus and a Stand-To Veteran Leadership Scholar, details how to expand health care to tribal communities.

Discover how Native American veterans especially would benefit.

Meg Harrell, Chief Program Officer at the Bob Woodruff Foundation, and Colonel Matthew Amidon, former Director of Veterans and Military Families at the Bush Institute, discuss how some psychedelic drugs could help veterans cope with their invisible wounds.

Read a frank exchange about new therapies.

Alex Gorsky, the April and Jay Graham Fellow at the Bush Institute and the former Chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, observes how collaboration between the private and public sectors can resolve significant health care challenges.

See how business and government can best work together.

Robert A. McDonald, the former CEO of Procter & Gamble and former Secretary of Veterans Affairs, addresses period poverty as a key to better health care for women.

Improving understanding about menstruation will expand opportunities.

Dr. Eric Goralnick and Dr. Catalina González Marqués of Brigham and Women’s Hospital report on delivering medical care in wartime nations.

Emergency medicine physicians detail how to provide care during conflicts.

Alap Davé, Associate in the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative, advocates for price transparency, marketplace competition, and a broader medical profession pipeline.

Explore three ways to improve our health care system.

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., outlines why Congress should address the gaps that remain in caring for patients with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

PEPFAR deserves bipartisan support.

Evan Mawarire, Director of Education at the Renew Democracy Initiative, describes how civil society organizations help nations fight HIV/AIDS.

A Zimbabwean pastor and democracy activist emphasizes the impact of local groups.

Dr. William Steiger, the Bush Institute’s Global Health Consultant, explains PEPFAR’s role in stabilizing nations and communities.

PEPFAR should remain a U.S. priority.

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