professor lederer: mass general, harvard medical school is a center for kidney transplants. there are centers, for example, at tulane university. here in denver, a very significant transplant surgeon began his career at the university of colorado, and later moved to the university of pittsburgh. minnesota. california at stanford. so, these were all places where surgical departments began to invest in the possibility of transplanting kidneys and then in the 1960's, heart and lungs. and livers. bill: what types of ethical issues have you seen in your studies of this field that have come up over the issue of donating one's organs? professor lederer: well, i think one of the main concerns i see over the course of the 20th-century has to do with the equitable distribution of organs, and the idea that was very unsatisfactory to many people that if you were rich you could get a life-saving organ, but if you were poor, you would not have access. so, there were efforts to try to ensure that even a poor person, an indigent person would have access if they needed it to stay alive, and

researchers at harvard medical school say high drug prices are the result of the approach the unitedates has take it on granting government-protected monopolies to drug manufacturers. patients' biggest concern whether the specific type of insulin a patient needs is covered by their insurance and the size of the co-pay. >> i want to be clear those decisions are made absent any physician involvement in caring for the patient. those decisions are made by people who have no role or involvement in patients managing their illness. >> reporter: lilia's dad works three jobs in addition to reaching out to help online. they join a chorus of families. >> i have type one diabetes, but it doesn't have me. >> reporter: chasing a price that won't stop rising. jolene kent, nbc news, stony brook, new york. >> we will have more on this tomorrow. by the way, we'll look at the extreme measures some families are taking to find insulin they can afford, including turning to a black market. in a moment, remembering a beloved tv star from the hit series "happy days." >>> if you're into old documents and hist

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he'd raced through yale, oxford and harvard medical school, but he had made his name as one of the first peak on every continent. he met dr. ruit and thought he'd found his next challenge. ruit was skeptical this frenetic young man had the same dedication to ophthalmology he had to adventure. >> dr. ruit: i sent him to an-- to a hospital in eastern part of nepal, in the middle of summer. and i said, "he's not going to survive there." >> dr. tabin: during the summer, in the monsoon, it's quite oppressive. it's sort of 100°, 105, with a 99% humidity, and lots of mosquitoes. >> whitaker: wait a minute. you sent him to-- a difficult place on purpose-- >> dr. ruit: difficult place. difficult-- definitely, yeah. >> whitaker: did you know that he was testing you? >> dr. tabin: no. i thought he sent me there because there was so much need. i scratched my mosquito bites and-- was excited to go to work, that there were all of these blind people that, you know, i could make a difference in their life. >> whitaker: he won you over? >> dr. ruit: yes, yes, definitely. >> whitaker: their relationship h

my name is elim and i am a first-year, fourth-year medical school at the harvard medical school. as a member of the back policy, it seems i want to stay one less time. thank you you for doing us the honor of this visit today. many of my colleagues and i came to the kennedy school with a broad personal mission of fighting the specific injustices levied upon the black beauty in the united states. as we go forward, very few of us find ourselves in roles for fighting this specific injustice is a specific line item in the job description. my question for you is how can we think about, what are your personal insights in, how we how we can pursue that personal mission while embedded in organizations and institutions that don't necessarily share that explicit specific aim? >> that's certainly a great question as you prepare to enter the world and make your mark in it. i think all of you will do it in a wonderful way. i think that you're right. a lot of institutions may not have the particular goal in their mission statement or in their mindset. it doesn't mean that you can't infuse it in

he was professor of chair medicine at harvard medical school as well as stanford university. for those of you who don't know, he's done an incredible work relating to medicine that's led to widely used and life saving drugs. >> thank you for joining us as well. >> thank you. >> one other housekeeping thing. on your chair, we have xerox for you came out of the aspen institute report. this is what it looks like and the full report includes the background paper that we'll repair for the initiative. what you have is the summary of the five big ideas that this group came up with at the conclusion of its meeting last june and aspen. before we get to all that. kathleen, tell us a little bit about the strategy group and how we arrive at this topic and how we did our work and we'll look to victor to talk a little bit about recommendations. >> first of all, thank you. fort worth for more importantly aspen health strategy group, i think came out of the big idea. after two years of spotlight trouble which has been now multi day program of ideas, focus specifically on a whole range of hea

previous, he was professor and chairman of medicine at harvard medical school as well as stanford university. for those of you do not know, he has done work related to cardiovascular medicine that has led to widely used and life-saving drugs. thank you for joining us. one other housekeeping thing. on your chairs we have xeroxed for you the five big ideas that came out of the aspen health group's report. the full report we have given you the link, and the full report, the background papers that were prepared for this initiative, but what you have is the summary of the five take ideas this group came up with. at the conclusion of this meeting last june. before we get to that, kathleen, talk to us about the strategy group, how we did our work, and be will look to victor about the recommendations. ms. sebelius: thank you for having us here today. thank you, more importantly, the aspen health strategy group came out of the idea of ruth katz. this focused specifically on a whole range of health issues, and that became an and or as a popular forum. it was ruth who suggested that maybe we have a hea

year masters in public policy unit here at the kennedy school and a fourth year student at harvard medical school and as a member of the black policy conference team, i want to say thank you for doing us of the honor of this visit today. many of my colleagues and i can to the kennedy school with a broad personal mission of fighting the particular injustices levied upon the black community in the united states. as we go forward, very few of us will find us -- found ourselves in roles where fighting for the black community is in the specific job prescription. what are your thoughts on how we can pursue that personal mission while embedded in organizations and institutions that do not necessarily share that explicit gain. >> that is a great question as you prepare to enter the world and make your mark in it. i think all of you are going to do that in some wonderful ways. i think you are right that a lot of institutions may not have that particular goal in their mission statement or in their mindset but that does not mean you cannot infuse it into what they do. one of the areas we don't talk about as

she put herself through medical school, training at prestigious universities like cornell and harvardorld-renowned medical doctor, she's a neuroscientist, as well as the author of the highly acclaimed book "secrets for ageless skin." talk about someone who really understands our skin, ladies, right? >> yes. >> she does. please welcome my friend dr. adrienne denese! [ cheers and applause ] >> wow. >> so lovely to see you. how are you, my beautiful friend? >> fantastic. >> 25 million units sold on qvc alone. what is it that you're doing with denese skinscience that the other people are not doing? >> i take what i believe are the best, the most potent, the most breakthrough, most premier scientific ingredients, then i increase the percentages to maximum levels, which is what i find to be the most effective way to treat maturing skin that is no longer responding to most traditional skin-care products. >> if it's most effective at higher percentages, then why isn't everybody just doing that? >> it's very expensive, leeza. most skin-care companies decide to spend money on advertising, gloss