In Print

Graham Ramsay

From Focus:
Cost of Expanding Medicare to Near-elderly Uninsured Could Be Offset by Care Savings
Aging adults who are uninsured before receiving Medicare require costlier health care down the road. HMS researchers John Ayanian (left), J. Michael McWilliams, and colleagues found that people who were uninsured before receiving benefits at age 65 needed more intensive care than those who had been privately insured prior to receiving Medicare. The finding suggests that the cost of expanding Medicare to people in their 50s and early 60s might be partially offset by limiting serious and costly diseases later in life.

Upcoming

Learn at Lunch Series

Make Your Resume Count

Tuesday, August 21
1–1:45 p.m.

Speakers:
•Taube Weiner
•Wanda Garland

StudenTalk

Personal takes on issues inside and outside the classroom.

Science Progress

A new HMS site tracing paths to progress in health care through funding, science, and discovery.

Spotlight

Liza Green, HMS Media Services

President Faust Fetes Dean Flier
Harvard president Drew Faust (left) hosted a reception for the newly appointed HMS dean, Jeffrey Flier, calling him “an outstanding teacher, scholar, and leader.” In their remarks, both Faust and Flier pointed to the current unprecedented opportunities in biomedical science.

Student Scene

Sam Riley, MGH Photography Department

Second Academy Chair Honors Education
The celebration of the Morton N. Swartz, MD, Academy Professorship illuminated the numerous contributions to HMS made by Morton Swartz (left) and first incumbent Stephen Calderwood (right). At the mic, George Thibault said that the two physician-teachers represents greatness in the teaching enterprise at HMS.

Lab Works

A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research.