November 30, 2007

Speakers

• Ross DeVol, Director of Regional Economics, Milken Institute

• Ken Thorpe, PhD, Executive Director, Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease: Professor and Chair, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Video

• Video: An Unhealthy America

 Speaker Presentations

• Ross DeVol, An Unhealthy America: The Economic Burden of Chronic Disease -- Charting a New Course to Save Lives and Increase Productivity and Economic Growth
• Ken Thorpe, An Unhealthy Truth: Rising Rates of Chronic Disease and the Future of Health in America

Source Materials

• An Unhealthy America: Burden of Chronic Disease
• The New York Times, "Editorial: The High Cost of Health Care." November 25, 2007