The future of U.S. health insurance reform?

Although repeal of the new U.S. health insurance reform law is unlikely, experts at a recent event presented by The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health predicted that the law may be unrecognizable by 2012. Did you miss it? Watch videos and read summaries

Also, HSPH's William Hsiao presented a plan to a joint session of the Vermont legislature yesterday that could lead to a single-payer health care system in that state. Read more

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Video: Improving Americans' health literacy

Why do hospitals have signs for the "nephrology department" when patients with kidney disease who need that department's services are unlikely to know what the word nephrology means? HSPH's Rima Rudd discusses the importance of getting all in the patient care industry more tuned in to the issues of health literacy, the topic of her recent perspective article in the New England Journal of Medicine. Watch video 

Haiti: One year later

One year after the earthquake, progress in Haiti is "painfully" slow. Involved in recovery efforts since the early hours of the crisis, HSPH faculty and alumni and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative recently reflected on what has been accomplished--and what still needs to be done. Read more

Photo: Justin Ide/Harvard staff photographer

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Keep warm this weekend with some healthy comfort food

Cauliflower Tomato Soup with Indian Spices

Get more recipes from HSPH's The Nutrition Source.